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An  Interview 
By  CLAIRE  MERTON 


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Copyright,  1921,  by  Katherine  Tingley 


CONTENTS 

Katharine  Tingley  on  Marriage  and  the  Home: 

An  Interview  By  Claire  Merton          7 

Katherine  Tingley:    Theosophist 

By  Iverson  L.  Harris  Jr.        21 

Lomaland —  The   Home   of  Theosophy 

By   Kenneth   Morris        27 

Brief  Chronology  of  some  Important  Events  in  the 

History   of   the   Theosphiocal    Movement  41 


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There  should  be  in  all  things  one  single  devotion, 
one  motive,  one  desire  and  aspiration.  Differences 
of  nature  and  mind  are  inevitable;  each  should  there- 
fore accord  to  all  the  same  toleration  he  asks  for  himself, 
and  then  the  single  thread  of  devotion  will  unite  all 
into  one  Universal  Brotherhood.  The  poiver  would 
be  immense;  if  this  were  put  into  operation  it  would 
send  to  all,  along  the  invisible  but  real  currents,  a 
stream  of  help  for  mind,  soul,  and  body,  uniting  all 
on  the  inner  plane,  and  thus  show  the  world  the  real 
power  of  co-operation  on  all  the  planes  of  force  and 
consciousness.  —  KATHERINE  TINGLEY 


To  feel  the  fire  of  Theosophy  with  its  stimulative 
redemptive  power  in  your  lives,  your  .minds  must 
become  as  free  and  receptive  as  the  flowers  to  the 
sunlight.  -  KATHERINE  TINGLEY 


Lotnaland  Photo  &  Engraving  Dcf>t. 

THE   THREE   LEADERS  OF   THE   THEOSOPHICAL 
MOVEMENT 

Helena  Petrovna  Blavatsky 
Katherine  Tingley  William  Q.  Judge 


Katherine    Tingley: 

An  Interview  with  the  Theosophical  Leader 
Her  Views  on  Marriage  and  the  Home 

By  Claire  Merton 

IT  was  the  lovely  climate  of  Southern  California,  and 
particularly  of  San  Diego,  that  attracted  me  to  the 
Golden  State  and  the  Silver  Gate  city  to  escape  the  rigors 
of  an  eastern  winter.  I  knew  nothing  about  Theosophy,  and 
all  I  knew  about  Madame  Katherine  Tingley  was  derived 
from  reading  a  sensational  article  about  the  Theosophical 
Leader  and  its  subsequent  retraction  made  some  few  years 
ago  in  a  large  eastern  paper.  I  could  not  help  but  admire 
the  spirit  of  justice,  not  merely  to  herself  and  in  defence  of 
her  own  reputation,  but  to  the  Society  of  which  she  is  the 
head,  and  in  defence  of  its  principles  and  beliefs,  which 
seemed  to  actuate  the  Theosophical  Leader's  insistence  on 
the  publication  of  the  retraction.  It  was  a  moral  victory, 
but  knowing  nothing  of  the  Theosophjcal  teachings  I  was 
satisfied  at  the  time  with  the  feeling  of  gratification  that  a 
woman  had  had  the  courage  to  stand  by  her  womanhood  and 
had  won  out. 

From  that  day  however  I  learned  that  while  many  were 
indifferent,  the  people  whom  I  met  were,  generally  speaking, 
divided  into  two  camps,  those  in  the  one  great  admirers  of 
Madame  Tingley,  and  even  if  not  in  any  sense  Theosophists, 
recognising  her  as  one  of  the  humanitarian  and  educational 
leaders  of  today;  those  in  the  other,  holding  just  the  opposite, 
and  as  I  took  pains  to  inform  myself,  often  entirely  ignorant 
of  the  facts  of  Madame  Tingley's  life  and  work  and  teachings, 


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often  governed  by  prejudice  or  accepting  mere  hearsay  and 
gossip. 

It  was  with  considerable  interest  therefore  that  I  found 
myself  in  San  Diego  so  near  to  the  International  Theosophical 
Headquarters  on  Point  Loma.  It  is  not  however  the 
place  itself,  the  charm  of  Lomaland  —  as  the  members  call 
their  Headquarters,  —  the  remarkable  buildings,  the  chaste 
classic  beauty  of  the  open-air  Greek  Theater,  the  wonderful 
atmosphere  of  the  place,  its  orderliness  and  serenity,  or  the 
world-wide  activities  that  center  there,  that  constitute  my 
theme.  Many  noted  writers  have  written  of  these,  but  so  far 
as  I  know,  not  one  of  such  writers,  though  perhaps  incidental- 
ly referring  to  it,  has  sought  to  bring  to  the  public  attention 
Katherine  Tingley's  views  and  teachings  in  respect  to  mar- 
riage and  the  home. 

Before  I  go  further  let  me  give  my  reason  for  selecting 
this  subject.  Fate,  or  chance  —  Theosophists  would  say 
'  Karma  '  —decreed  that  I  should  find  myself  immediately 
on  my  arrival  in  San  Diego  in  one  of  the  two  camps  I  referred 
to  above,  the  camp  of  the  unfriendly  and,  as  I  discovered  later, 
the  uninformed  critical  gossipers.  My  first  thought  was, 
is  it  true  then  that  'a  prophet  is  without  honor  in  his  own 
country'  -  —  an  adopted  country  in  this  case,  yet  nevertheless 
considering  all  that  Katherine  Tingley  has  done  for  the 
material  prosperity  of  California  and  especially  of  San  Diego, 
not  to  mention  the  existence  of  Lomaland  within  the  boun- 
daries of  the  city  as  one  of  its  greatest  educational  and  moral 
assets,  and  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  Madame  Tingley 
is  pre-eminently  cosmopolitan  and  at  home  in  all  countries, 
it  may  truly  be  said  that  Lomaland  is  in  a  peculiar  sense 
her  own  country.  Furthermore,  it  did  not  require  much 
investigation  to  learn  that  the  best  and  most  influential 
residents  of  San  Diego  and  of  the  State  recognise  Madame 
Tingley  as  one  of  their  most  distinguished  citizens,  and  hold 
her  in  the  highest  esteem. 

But  to  return  to  my  reason  for  the  selection  of  this  subject. 
Speaking  to  some  casual  acquaintances  at  the  hotel  where 
I  was  staying,  I  was  interested  to  learn  that  they  had  recently 


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paid  a  visit  to  the  Theosophical  Headquarters  grounds  at 
Point  Loma,  when,  to  my  amazement,  one  of  them  remarked 
that  strange  stories  were  afloat  among  certain  gossipers  as  to 
the  views  held  by  'the  people  on  the  hill,'  as  she  described 
them,  regarding  marriage  and  home-life.  For  her  part  she 
did  not  believe  them  but  that  is  what  she  had  heard.  I  cer- 
tainly didn  't  believe  them  either,  but  as  I  do  believe  in  going 
whenever  possible  to  the  fountain-source  for  information, 
I  sought  an  opportunity  for  an  interview  with  Madame 
Tingley  herself. 

I  first  made  my  inquiries  at  the  Theosophical  Information 
Bureau  and  Book-store  in  the  Isis  Theater  Building,  which 
by  the  way  is  owned  by  Madame  Tingley.  There  I  was  put 
into  telephone  communication  with  Madame  Tingley's  private 
secretary,  who  very  courteously  invited  me  to  attend  the 
usual  Sunday  evening  service  at  Isis  Theater  on  the  morrow, 
when  Madame  Tingley  expected  to  speak,  saying  that  possibly 
I  might  have  an  opportunity  of  a  few  minutes'  conversation 
with  her  at  the  close  of  the  service.  I  accepted  the  invita- 
tion gladly,  and  went. 

Again  I  must  pass  over  much  I  would  like  to  write  about  - 
the  service  itself  and  Madame  Tingley's  marvellous  eloquence, 
her  presence,  her  musical  voice,  now  ringing  and  forceful,  now 
sympathetic  and  tender,  as  she  spoke  of  the  heart-cry  of  the 
world's  children;  the  sweet  singing  of  the  young  maidens' 
chorus;  and,  too,  the  beautiful  little  ceremony  at  the  end  - 
the  seven  silvery  tones  of  a  bell  sounding  far  away  and  the 
moment's  perfect  silence  in  which  one's  whole  heart  was 
lifted  up  in  spiritual  aspiration.  Never  before  was  I  so 
impressed  with  what  I  can  only  call  the  true  religious  feeling 
that  pervaded  all. 

Was  it  fate  again,  or  'Karma,'  that  Madame  Tingley  in 
her  address  briefly  touched  upon  the  subject  about  which 
I  wished  to  ask  her?  To  me  it  seemed  indeed  a  strange 
coincidence.  Taking  as  her  subject,  'The  Relation  of  Theo- 
sophy  to  Present  World-Problems,'  she  made  the  following 
reference  to  the  part  that  home-life  must  play  in  the  now 
rapidly  unfolding  drama  of  world  reconstruction: 


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"Family  life  built  up  of  the  unselfish  efforts  of  parents  and 
children  alike  will  redeem  the  world.  It  will  make  of  the  home 
the  spiritual  center  it  should  be.  It  is  for  this  that  families 
should  work,  and  in  this  they  will  find  their  happiness  and 
fullest  development.  Parents  who  have  the  interests  of  their 
children  and  of  humanity  at  heart  will  seek  for  the  means  to 
follow  this  course  with  their  own  loved  ones. 

"Let  the  coming  generations  see  the  preciousness  of  human 
life  and  the  splendor  and  royalty  of  it.  Imbue  the  children 
with  a  love  for  the  higher  harmonies  and  a  distaste  for  any- 
thing that  would  mar  the  charm  of  the  home,  or  its  real 
advancement.  Make  the  home  the  center  of  the  true  and 
ennobling  life.  Make  it  beautiful  and  attractive,  even  though 
it  be  simple.  Cultivate  love,  justice  and  truth,  and  a  clean 
life  above  all;  foster  a  love  of  art,  literature,  and  music. 
Make  these  active  factors  in  the  home-life.  Parents  living  in 
such  an  atmosphere  would  guard  the  home-life,  and  would 
realize  more  fully  the  sacred  ties  of  marriage  and  the  responsi- 
bilities belonging  thereto. 

"As  I  have  often  said  before,  when  woman  finds  her  true 
place  in  life,  man  will  find  his.  When  woman  realizes  the  true 
power  of  womanhood  and  wifehood,  and  their  responsibilities, 
then  man  will  also  awaken  to  his  own  duties.  Then  we  can 
see  the  possibility  that  home-life  can  be  built  on  such  a  solid 
foundation  that  it  will  bring  a  higher  and  a  richer  expression 
of  joy  than  we  have  ever  dreamed  of.  And  it  will  be  proven 
in  such  case,  that  true  marriage  is  an  eternal  courtship." 

At  the  close  of  the  service  throngs  of  interested  people 
gathered  about  the  Theosophical  Leader  for  a  word  with  her 
or  to  clasp  her  hand.  At  last  my  opportunity  came  and 
Mr.  Fussell,  her  private  secretary,  who  had  met  me  when 
I  entered  the  theater  said,  "Madame  Tingley,  Miss  Claire 
Merton  asks  to  have  just  a  moment's  conversation  with  you." 

"What  is  it  you  are  most  interested  in?"  asked  Madame 
Tingley.  "I  hope  you  enjoyed  our  simple  service,  though 
I  fear  I  sometimes  startle  my  audience,  and  especially  any 
who  have  only  limited  views  of  life." 

"I  am  seeking  the  Truth,"  I  replied,  "wherever  I  can 


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find  it,  though  I  am  a  firm  believer  in  the  words  and  life 
of  Jesus." 

"So  too  is  every  true  Theosophist,"  added  Madame 
Tingley.  "Have  you  ever  heard  what  Madame  Blavatsky 
once  said,  that  no  true  Theosophist  has  ever  spoken  against 
Jesus?  We  all  revere  him  as  one  of  the  great  Teachers  of 
Humanity  though  we  hold  he  is  not  the  only  great  teacher, 
but  that  every  race,  every  people  has  had  its  Savior.  But 
what  is  it  interests  you  most?" 

"At  the  present  time,  my  interest  and  the  real  object  of 
my  wishing  to  interview  you,  is  to  get  an  expression  of  your 
views  regarding  marriage  and  home-life,  and  I  would  like  to 
quote  what  you  have  just  said  on  the  subject  in  your  ad- 
dress this  evening." 

"Indeed  you  may,  and  I  have  spoken  on  the  subject  many 
times.  The  home  is  the  foundation  of  national  life,  and 
I  hold  that  if  we  are  ever  to  have  a  golden  age  of  happiness 
and  peace  we  must  begin  in  the  home  right  now.  The  children 
of  today  will  be  the  men  and  women  of  tomorrow,  the  law- 
makers and  home-builders  of  the  future." 

"But  how  dare  anyone  so  misinterpret  your  teachings,  as 
was  done  only  recently  in  my  presence,  Madame  Tingley, 
if  you  will  permit  the  question?" 

"Perhaps  some  do  not  wish  to  understand  them,"  she 
answered,  smiling.  "There  are  some  very  dear  people  who 
appear  absolutely  satisfied  with  their  limited  knowledge  of 
religious  thought,  accepting  but  the  one  life  of  seventy  or  a 
hundred  years,  and  looking  upon  Theosophy  as  something 
strange  and  uncanny  and  even  wicked.  If  they  would  study 
for  themselves  they  would  find  it  is  none  of  these,  but  that  it 
sheds  a  light  upon  all  religions.  Unfortunately  the  majority 
do  not  read  or  think  for  themselves  but  accept  some  others' 
say-so,  even  if  those  others  be  avowed  enemies  of  Theosophy." 

"That  is  true,"  I  rejoined,  "and  every  teacher  and  re- 
former has  had  to  meet  misunderstanding  and  even  persecu- 
tion. But  may  I  not  quote  you  more  fully  as  to  your  teachings 
on  marriage  and  the  home?" 

Madame  Tingley  graciously  invited  me  to  visit  the  Theo- 


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sophical  Headquarters  at  Point  Loma,  and  in  response  to  my 
request,  said  that  she  would  instruct  her  secretary  to  give  me 
excerpts  from  stenographic  reports  of  her  lectures  and  writings 
bearing  on  the  subject. 

Of  my  delightful  visit  and  the  people  I  met  I  shall  write 
another  time.  It  was  a  never-to-be-forgotten  day.  Now 
however  I  must  keep  to  my  present  purpose.  I  availed 
myself  of  taking  notes  from  Madame  Tingley's  addresses  and 
writings,  and  have  selected  the  following,  all  bearing  on 
Marriage  and  the  Home. 

In  an  interview  accorded  a  representative  of  the  London 
Daily  Telegraph,  while  in  London  on  a  lecture-tour  in  1907, 
Madame  Tingley  said: 

"We  have  very  strong  views  as  to  the  sanctity  of  the 
marriage- tie.  We  believe  that  the  home  is  the  altar  of 
spiritual  life." 

The  following  are  mostly  taken  from  addresses  given  by 
Katherine  Tingley  in  I  sis  Theater,  San  Diego: 

"Where  there  is  one  marriage  that  has  been  entered  into 
understandingly  and  sacredly,  how  many  are  there  that  have 
been  consummated  for  selfish  reasons  or  to  gratify  the  am- 
bition of  parents  or  friends,  or  for  the  gratification  of-  — ! 
Through  the  lack  of  knowledge  of  the  laws  of  human  life, 
how  many  have  taken  temporary  physical  attraction  for  the 
real  thing;  and  have  entered  into  matrimony  in  anticipation 
of  what  they  deem  to  be  pleasures,  based  on  selfish  and 
passionate  desires.  So  we  find  a  large  number  on  the  wrong 
path,  the  downward  path,  not  taking  part  in  the  building  up 
of  the  human  race,  not  realizing  or  accepting  the  responsi- 
bilities of  parenthood,  but  daring  in  their  ignorance  and 
selfishness  to  open  the  way  for  souls  to  come  to  this  earth- 
plane  on  the  basis  of  emotion  and  physical  magnetism,  or 
self-interest,  or  social  dictates  demanded  by  the  false  standards 
of  today  —  all  without  preparation. 

"Therefore  it  is  quite  natural  that  we  should  have  deplor- 
able conditions  in  the  world  today  —  disharmony  in  the  home, 
unhappiness,  sickly  children,  divorces;  and  also  see  our 


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courts  crowded  by  criminals.  Truly  they  are  the  result  of  the 
false  conception  of  marriage.  They  are  the  progeny  of  those 
who  go  into  marriage  hurriedly,  without  preparation,  not 
conscious  of  their  divine  responsibilities,  with  no  sense  of 
the  obligations  of  parentage." 


"Theosophy  teaches  that  if  we  would  build  the  nation 
righteously  we  must  build  our  homes  sacredly;  the  sacredness 
of  fatherhood,  motherhood,  and  brotherhood  must  be  better 
understood  and  appreciated." 


"Place  the  homes  of  a  nation  upon  the  right  basis  and  the 
nation  itself  will  have  nothing  to  hold  it  back,  nothing  to 
thwart  the  purposes  of  its  collective  life,  and  nothing  to 
regret." 

"Hundieds  of  men  are  on  the  downward  track  today 
because  woman  has  failed  to  recognise  her  true  position  in  life. 
Oh!  ye  women  of  our  modern  time,  establish  new  life  in  the 
home;  build  altars  of  royal  service  there,  and  let  the  influence 
going  out  from  these  brood  over  all  who  suffer;  let  the  shining 
example  of  the  purity  of  your  lives  and  your  loving  charity  for 
those  women  who  live  in  the  shadows  of  their  mistakes  uplift 
your  fallen  sisters.  Seek  to  prevent  vice  as  well  as  to  cor- 
rect it." 

"Home  is  the  school  of  experience.  It  is  the  place  of 
affection,  the  center  where  children  should  be  born  and  bred  in 
harmony  with  all  that  is  noble  and  sweet  and  pure.  We  have 
looked  too  long  for  help  outside  of  ourselves,  and  not  enough 
to  the  Christos  spirit  which  is  within,  and  which  is  a  part  of 
the  Eternal  Law." 


"However  far-fetched  it  may  seem,  it  must  be  presently 
recognised  that  there  is  a  psychological  force  stronger  than 


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words  can  paint.  How  carefully  children  are  guarded  against 
physical  ills,  and  yet  how  they  are  exposed  to  psychological 
influences  a  hundred  times  more  fatal  because  these  destroy 
character  and  breed  moral  and  mental  disease.  One  of  these 
days  a  new  'X-Ray'  will  be  turned  upon  these  psychological 
forces.  Then  how  quickly  fathers  and  mothers  will  run  from 
some  of  the  people  whom  they  now  enthusiastically  entertain. 
Think  of  the  ruined  homes  which  result  from  the  un- wisdom 
of  the  day,  of  the  wives  who  are  martyred  from  their  false 
sense  of  duty  to  men  who  are  wholly  unworthy!  Think  of 
the  children  born  under  such  conditions,  children  who  must 
be  and  are  simply  moral  abortions!  Shocking  and  startling 
as  it  may  seem,  it  is  well  sometimes  to  be  thus  shocked  and 
startled,  and  if  human  words  can  prevent  such  travesties  and 
abortions,  these  words  must  be  spoken  throughout  the  land. 
Is  there  any  one  who  dares  to  say  such  things  are  not  facts? 
Is  it  not  time  to  begin  to  apply  the  Christ-principles  to  the 
home,  to  build  an  altar  in  that  sacred  place  and  thus  protect 
the  innocence  of  the  children  of  the  present  and  all  future 
generations?" 

"Oh  ye  women,  if  you  only  knew  your  power  in  your 
homes,  your  power  with  your  husbands!  Men  today  cannot 
rise,  they  cannot  become  what  their  souls  are  urging  them  to 
become  until  women  find  the  inner  life,  this  inner  knowledge, 
this  higher  aspiration,  and  make  their  homes  something 
quite  new." 

"She  whose  hand  rocks  the  cradle  can  rule  the  destiny  of 
the  world  would  she  but  take  her  place.  And  for  the  woman 
of  this  age  and  this  time  never  was  there  anything  so  splendid, 
so  helpful,  as  Theosophy  -  -  Theosophy  in  the  heart,  in  the 
mind,  in  the  life,  and  in  the  home." 

"The  human  family  is  moving  towards  the  realization  of 
great  truths.  We  should  begin  to  build,  therefore,  on  broader 
and  more  unselfish  lines  of  effort,  and  we  should  begin  in  the 


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home,  with  a  sacred  comprehension  of  and  a  consequent  pure 
living  in  the  married  state.  We  should  make  the  home  the 
Altar  of  Purity  and  endeavor  to  accentuate  what  Theosophy 
teaches:  that  where  two  are  joined  together  in  the  sacred 
ties  of  true  marriage,  no  power  on  earth  can  separate  them. 
Home-temples,  under  the  benign  teachings  of  Theosophy, 
will  become  schools  of  the  highest  education  for  the  parents 
as  well  as  for  the  children." 


"The  mission  of  woman  is  to  discover  herself,  to  find  her 
true  place  in  life  and  the  dignity  of  her  calling.  The  greatest 
work  that  she  can  do  is  to  become  so  sweetly  feminine,  so 
sweetly  spiritual  and  strong,  so  grandly  compassionate  and 
helpful,  that  she  will  hold  the  whole  human  family  in  her 
keeping.  She  will  make  the  home  her  altar,  her  kingdom; 
and  from  that  kingdom  shall  be  sent  out  the  gospel  of  life 
to  all  people." 

"The  question  naturally  arises:  What  remedies  must  be 
applied  to  bring  about  a  change  for  the  better  in  the  home-life? 
What  factors  can  be  introduced  to  readjust  it  and  bring  it 
nearer  to  perfection?  Theosophy  answers  that  the  parents 
should  begin  to  study  the  science  of  life,  self-evolution,  and 
the  great  responsibilities  of  fatherhood  and  motherhood  even 
before  marriage.  Home  should  be  acclaimed  as  the  center 
from  which  the  higher  life  of  the  nations  should  spring." 


"I  believe  in  the  equality  of  the  sexes;  but  I  hold  that 
man  has  his  mission  and  that  woman  has  also  her  mission, 
and  that  these  missions  are  not  the  same.  If  woman  is  to 
understand  the  duties  of  real  wifehood  and  motherhood,  and 
to  reach  the  dignity  of  ideal  womanhood,  she  must  cultivate 
her  femininity.  She  was  born  a  woman  and  she  must  be  a 
woman,  in  the  truest  sense;  and  the  existing,  natural  contrasts 
between  man  and  woman  are  an  indispensable  factor  without 
which  home-life  would  not  be  complete.  For  these  contrasts 


16  KATHERINE    TINGLEY:    AN    INTERVIEW 

hold  within  themselves,  in  the  very  undercurrent  of  human 
life,  a  superb  and  glorious  harmony.  Woman  in  her  true 
place,  her  true  position,  hand  in  hand  with  man  in  his  true 
place,  would  bring  about  such  a  new  order  of  things  that  we 
can  hardly  speak  of,  much  less  realize,  the  resulting  pos- 
sibilities." 


"If  we  are  to  serve  humanity  rightly,  we  must  begin  our 
preparatory  and  remedial  work  right  in  the  home." 


"Theosophy  teaches  that  marriage  is  most  sacred,  but  it  is 
nevertheless  the  case  that  there  are  many  so-called  marriages 
in  which  the  true  life  has  no  place,  as  the  records  of  the  divorce- 
courts  show.  Yet  if  we  take  the  Theosophical  interpretation 
of  the  marriage-tie  we  shall  find  it  absolutely  true  that 
'whom  God  hath  joined  together  no  man  can  put  asunder.'  " 


"Theosophy  teaches  the  necessity  of  a  truer  understanding 
and  a  closer  relationship  between  parents  and  children,  and 
it  calls  upon  parents  to  realize  more  fully  the  sacredness  of 
their  responsibility.  Theosophy  calls  for  a  higher  home-life, 
that  the  children  may  have  high  examples  to  guide  them." 


"Indifferent  motherhood  is  a  hereditary  taint,  and  it  is 
being  passed  on  to  an  alarming  degree  through  the  blood  and 
marrow  of  our  civilization." 

"Much  as  I  love  my  sex,  I  know  from  personal  contact  with 
many  mothers  that  there  are  many  states  or  degrees  of  in- 
different motherhood  and  that  in  many  homes  the  young  are 
growing  up  all  wrong  because  of  weaknesses  along  this  line." 


"Homes  should  be  schools  of  spiritual  instruction,  temples 
of  love  and  unselfish  service." 


KATHERINE    TINGLEYI    AN    INTERVIEW  17 

"  If  all  homes  were  founded  upon  a  true  appreciation  of  the 
sacredness  of  marriage  and  its  responsibilities,  there  would 
be  no  need  of  Raj  a- Yoga  Schools." 


"Children  who  are  trained  to  face  their  dual  nature,  to 
recognise  the  strength  of  their  Divinity  and  to  exercise  self- 
control,  will  bring  to  the  home  an  influence  that  is  beneficent. 
They  will  inspire  their  parents  and  carry  out  in  deeds  their 
highest  aspirations." 


"The  home-life  of  the  world  must  be  reformed,  but  we  do 
not  want  brain-mind  work  in  such  a  reformation.  We  want 
the  heart-life,  the  Divine  Fire,  the  Divine  life,  and  the  splen- 
did, royal  warriorship  of  men  and  women  working  together 
for  this  great  end." 

"I  have  studied  unfortunate  home-conditions  most  thor- 
oughly, and  I  know  that  Theosophy  is  the  panacea  for  these 
ills.  It  will  bless  human  life  and  sweeten  it;  it  will  bring 
men  and  women  together  in  a  united  home-life;  it  will  bring 
happiness  to  families  in  which  there  is  disharmony,  health 
where  there  now  is  sickness,  and  love  and  trust  where  now 
there  is  indifference  and  despair.  It  is  my  conviction  of  this 
that  makes  me  bold,  daring,  indifferent  to  criticism,  if  I 
can  only  help." 

"I  hold  that  woman  should  stand  to  man  as  the  inspirer 
and  the  helper;  but  I  hold  that  when  she  leaves  the  duties 
of  her  domestic  life  and  gives  too  much  of  the  best  of  herself 
to  doing  what  she  considers  her  part  in  public  life,  she  is 
leaving  the  home  open  to  influences  that  ultimately  she 
cannot  control." 

"  I  should  like  to  see  women  shine  in  the  twentieth  century. 
I  think  that  they  have  a  great  deal  to  do." 


18  KATHERINE    TINGLEY:    AN    INTERVIEW 

"O  ye  fathers  and  mothers,  who  are  ever  aiming  to  give 
to  your  children  the  best  and  who  would  sacrifice  for  them  at 
any  time,  remember  that  it  is  your  example,  that  it  is  the 
dignity  and  compassion  of  your  soul-life,  that  will  enable  you 
to  give  them  your  best.  If  we  can  carry  the  meaning  of 
brotherhood  and  Theosophy  into  the  family-life  of  the  world ; 
if  we  *can  go  into  homes  of  discord  and  readjust  them  and 
bring  about  understanding  and  peace,  then  the  sacredness  of 
life  and  the  sacredness  of  parentage  will  be  better  understood." 

"Humanity  must  take  a  new  view  of  marriage.  Though 
the  subject  has  been  studied  all  down  the  ages,  yet  rarely  do 
we  hear  of  a  marriage  that  in  later  years  carries  with  it  that 
sacred  atmosphere  that  should  be  there.  True  it  is  that  the 
parents  of  the  present  day  cherish  high  ideals  and  have  their 
hopes,  their  dreams  and  their  prayers;  yet  how  can  two 
souls  expect  to  go  through  life,  doing  their  full  duty  to  the 
sacred  obligations  of  marriage,  when  all  unacquainted  with 
the  divine  laws  that  should  fashion  their  lives,  when  spiritual 
discrimination  is  sleeping?" 

I  could  quote  many  more  of  Madame  Tingley's  utterances 
on  Marriage  and  the  Home,  for  it  is  a  favorite  subject  of  hers 
which  she  often  refers  to  in  her  public  addresses.  Her  views 
and  teachings  on  the  subject  are  unmistakable,  and  more 
than  that,  one  has  only  to  come  into  her  presence  to  be 
convinced  of  her  absolute  sincerity. 

Further,  one  has  only  to  visit  Lomaland— as  the  members 
affectionately  call  the  International  Theosophical  Headquar- 
ters at  Point  Loma  —  and  meet  the  members  of  the  Universal 
Brotherhood  and  Theosophical  Society  residing  there,  to 
realize  that  these  teachings  are  being  actually  put  into  prac- 
tice in  the  daily  life  of  the  young  and  the  old.  Lomaland  is  a 
Homeland,  its  very  atmosphere  betokens  high  ideals,  purity 
and  sweetness,  and  the  keynote  of  Lomaland  life  is  helpful 
service.  Yet  the  people  are  not  by  any  means  paragons,  but 
just  wholesome,  wholehearted,  energetic  workers.  The  world 
could  easily  do  with  more  like  them. 


DONATED  BY 
KATHER1NE  TINGLEY 


Lomaland  Photo  &  Engraving  Dept. 

KATHERINE   TINGLEY   IN   HER   OFFICE 


Katherine  Tingley: 
Theosophist 

By  Iverson  L.  Harris,  Jr. 

"How  terribly  malicious  and  revengeful  some  of  these  enemies  of 
Theosophy  are,  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  certain  of  them  do  not  hesitate 
...  to  slay  their  own  reputations  for  truthfulness  for  the  pleasure  of  hitting 
hard  —  or  trying,  at  all  events,  to  hit  —  those  whom  they  hate." 

—  H.  P.  BLAVATSKY 

RAY  STANNARD  BAKER,  Lilian  Whiting,  Gertrude  Steven- 
son, John  Hubert  Greusel,  Joseph  Grady,  and  'Yorick' 
-  not  to  mention  other  well-known  journalists  in  this  country 
and  abroad, —  have  written  appreciative  sketches  of  the  Theo- 
sophical  Leader,  Madame  Katherine  Tingley.  Mr.  Baker, 
in  The  American  Magazine,  referred  to  virility,  life,  as  being 
her  most  noticeable  characteristic.  "The  brilliant  and  re- 
markable achievements  of  one  of  the  most  gifted  and  dis- 
tinguished daughters  of  New  England"  was  Lilian  Whiting's 
characterization  of  Madame  Tingley's  career.  Writing  in 
The  Boston  Herald,  Gertrude  Stevenson  said  that  Madame 
Tingley  was  above  all  things  sincere.  Mr.  Greusel  in  The 
Detroit  Free  Press  spoke  of  "her  sovereign  ease  in  large  affairs," 
and  said  that  she  seemed  to  combine  in  herself  "the  con- 
structive imagination  of  Catherine  of  Russia"  with  "the 
idealism  of  a  modernized  Joan  of  Arc."  Mr.  Grady 's  appre- 
ciation, written  for  The  Denver  Post,  spoke  of  her  cosmopolitan 
culture,  and  chose  the  adjective  'protean'  as  best  describing 
her.  Madame  Tingley's  name  of  course  will  be  associated 
for  all  time  with  what  the  brilliant  Western  editorial  writer, 
'Yorick,'  calls  "that  wonderful  institution  over  there  on 
Point  Loma,  compact  of  art,  beauty,  erudition,  and  the 


22  KATHERINE    TINGLEY:    THEOSOPHIST 

humanity  that  classifies  mankind  not  in  the  categories  of 
the  merely  material,  but  upon  the  broad  basis  of  a  spiritual 
force  and  law,  of  which  the  material  is  only  one  incomplete 
manifestation." 

All  these  expressions  concerning  the  Theosophical  Leader 
emanated  from  high-minded,  thoughtful  people,  who  sensed 
the  greatness  of  her  character  and  sought  to  render  honor 
where  honor  was  due.  But  they  were  not,  I  believe,  very 
deep  students  of  Theosophy,  and  therefore  hardly  in  a  position 
to  write  about  her  as  a  Theosophist.  The  present  writer  can 
claim  some  advantage  in  having  been  brought  up  from  child- 
hood in  Madame  Tingley 's  wonderful  Raj  a- Yoga  School  and 
College,  in  having  served  her  daily  for  years  in  the  intimate 
relationship  of  amanuensis,  and  in  having  traveled  with  her 
as  private  secretary  over  many  parts  of  this  country  and 
Europe.  It  is  as  a  Teacher  of  Theosophy  that  this  sketch 
aims  to  portray  her. 

With  Katherine  Tingley,  the  fundamental  teachings  of 
Theosophy,  the  ancient  •'  Wisdom-  Religion, '  are  not  merely 
intellectual  theories  concerning  the  great  problems  of  life, 
death,  and  immortality,  not  solely  invaluable  aids  in  meeting 
the  trials  and  difficulties  of  mundane  existence:  they  are  all 
these  and  something  besides.  They  are  the  daily  path,  with 
its  myriad  ramifications,  upon  which  every  thought  and  act 
finds  its  way  to  serve,  to  cheer,  to  chasten  or  to  inspire  those 
whom  Karma  has  brought  within  the  sphere  of  her  influence. 
These  range  from  the  youngest  children  in  her  school  to  men 
and  women  of  international  repute. 

To  illustrate:  so  axiomatic  with  Katherine  Tingley  is  the 
doctrine  of  the  divinity  and  the  perfectibility  of  man,  that 
she  regards  as  failures  only  those  who  cease  their  efforts  to 
reach  this  goal,  as  successes  only  those  who  ever  strive  there- 
after. Thus  she  has  aided  those  who  loyally  accept  her 
guidance  to  taste  that  peace  which  passeth  understanding, 
at  the  same  time  keeping  alive  within  them  that  divine 
dissatisfaction  with  things  as  they  are  —  not- as  they  are  on 
account  of  other  peoples'  doings,  but  as  they  are  within  our- 
selves, with  our  imperfections  and  undeveloped  potentialities 


KATHERINE    T1NGLEYI    THEOSOPHIST  23 

for  good.    So  she  is  in  the  truest  sense  of  the  word  an  educator 
-  one  who  draws  out  the  very  best  in  her  students  and  keeps 
ever  before  them  the  vista  of  infinite  spiritual  growth. 

She  holds  that  the  end  of  education  is  the  attainment  of 
"a  perfect  balance  of  all  the  faculties,  physical,  mental,  and 
spiritual,"  which  is  the  meaning  she  gives  to  the  term  *  Raja- 
Yoga'  -  literally  'Kingly  Union'  -  chosen  by  her  from  the 
Sanskrit  for  the  name  of  her  school  as  best  expressing  its  aim. 

It  is  to  be  noted  that  she  starts  out  with  the  common- 
sense  basis  of  a  proper  physical  development  —  clean  habits, 
right  living,  good  food,  fresh  air,  proper  exercise.  She  does 
not  believe  in  torturing  the  flesh  —  still  less  in  indulging  it; 
but  she  does  insist  upon  the  necessity  of  a  strong,  healthy, 
clean  body  as  a  fitting  temple  for  the  immortal  spirit,  a  well- 
tuned  instrument  for  the  soul's  use.  Even  Paderewski  cannot 
make  divine  music  on  a  dilapidated  piano.  Neither  can  a 
human  soul  perform  its  highest  mission  in  this  world  in  a 
broken-down  house  of  flesh. 

So  true  to  our  Teacher  of  Theosophy  are  the  doctrines  of 
Karma  and  Reincarnation  that  they  enter  into  nearly  every 
remedy  prescribed  by  her  from  her  spiritual  pharmacopoeia  - 
remedies  which  always  give  relief  and  encouragement.  Are 
you  suffering  from  ill  health?  After  doing  everything  for  you 
that  the  medical  fraternity  can  suggest,  she  will  tell  you  that 
it  is  Karma  —  the  results  of  your  own  sowing,  if  not  in  this, 
then  in  some  former  life.  Take  courage.  "This  may  be 
Nature's  only  way  of  teaching  you  not  to  break  her  laws. 
At  any  rate,  you  can  borrow  strength  from  the  Stoic  philo- 
sophers and  meet  your  suffering  bravely.  It  will  then  not 
have  been  in  vain.  The  enemies  you  slay  in  this  life  will  not 
be  yours  in  the  next.  Moreover,  these  conditions  cannot  last 
forever.  You  have  always  another  chance.  Make  the  most 
of  this  suffering  as  an  opportunity  to  learn  a  lesson  —  possibly 
the  lesson  of  compassion.  No  matter  what  the  cause  of  the 
suffering,  some  lesson  can  always  be  learned  from  it. 

When  death  takes  your  loved  ones  from  you  for  a  time, 
fortunate  indeed  may  you  consider  yourself  if  you  can  count 
Katherine  Tingley  as  a  friend.  It  is  to  be  doubted  if  ever 


24  KATHERINE    TINGLEY:    THEOSOPHIST 

there  lived  one  who  could  paint  death's  bright  angel  as  she  can. 
Her  extemporaneous  utterances  at  the  memorial  services  of 
those  whom  she  has  loved  and  helped  and  who  have  loved 
and  served  her  are  not  only  full  of  comfort  and  helpfulness 
for  those  who  are  left  behind,  but  one  sometimes  imagines 
they  must  also  help  the  departed  souls  on  their  journey  to 
the  brighter  realms  beyond. 

Perhaps  the  greatest  secret  of  her  success  as  chief  executive 
of  the  Theosophical  Organization  is  her  deep-seated  com- 
passion —  a  compassion  that  takes  heroic  measures  at  times, 
like  that  of  the  surgeon  who  will  amputate  in  order  to  save  - 
a  compassion  that  demands  courage  and  is  willing  to  be 
misunderstood.  No  feature  of  the  Theosophical  activities 
is  too  insignificant  for  her  personal  attention.  Her  students 
have  often  marveled  at  the  pains  she  takes  to  see  that  every- 
thing goes  right.  She  is  never  satisfied  to  let  things  take 
their  course,  unless  she  is  confident  they  will  take  the  right  one. 
She  always  extends  a  helping  hand  to  those  who  seek  it  and 
will  aid  them  as  far  as  they  will  permit  it.  And  the  great 
secret  of  her  success  is  that  she  generally  helps  them  to  help 
themselves  and  never  encourages  them  to  shirk  their  own 
responsibilities. 

These  few  suggestions  may  serve  as  index  fingers  pointing 
to  the  real  explanation  for  the  devoted  loyalty  of  Katherine 
Tingley's  followers.  The  principal  cord  that  binds  her  stu- 
dents and  workers  to  her  is  that  of  gratitude.  Most  of  them 
know  what  her  guidance  has  meant  to  them  and  feel  it  a 
privilege  to  serve  her  and  the  Cause  she  so  ably  represents. 
This  they  do  without  money  and  without  price. 

Like  all  great  Leaders,  she  is  far-seeing  and  knows  human 
nature.  She  quickly  recognises  a  person  of  character  and 
gives  to  each  one  under  her  guidance  responsibilities  com- 
mensurate with  his  capabilities  and  earnestness.  'Self- 
directed  evolution '  is  one  of  her  pet  themes.  Again  and  again 
does  she  declare  that  real  progress  in  character-building  must 
be  attained  by  each  student  putting  his  own  mental  and 
moral  house  in  order,  and  then  spiritual  progress  follows. 
The  real  secret,  she  says,  is  for  each  one  to  conduct  himself 


KATHERINE    TINGLEYI    THEOSOPHIST  25 

honorably,  to  strive  to  live  each  day  more  worthily  than  the 
day  before.  And  with  the  wonderful  ideals  and  ethical  teach- 
ings of  Theosophy  as  sign-posts,  she  shows  that  the  great 
secret  of  universal  peace  and  happiness  is  for  each  one  to 
strive  to  carry  out  the  injunction  of  Jesus:  "Be  ye  therefore 
perfect,  even  as  your  Father  which  is  in  heaven  is  perfect." 

With  all  her  idealism,  she  is  not  austere.  "Life  is  Joy" 
is  a  slogan  not  only  of  the  youngest  pupils  of  the  Raj  a- Yoga 
School  but  of  all  the  residents  at  the  International  Theo- 
sophical  Headquarters  at  Point  Loma.  Then  too,  being  a 
lover  of  the  beautiful  and  a  patron  of  art,  she  naturally  finds 
in  the  humanities  many  expressions  of  man's  higher  nature. 
Thus  in  the  realms  of  music,  drama,  literature,  and  painting, 
she  has  always  upheld  for  her  students  the  highest  standards 
with  most  gratifying  results.  The  Greek  ideal  of  the  good,  the 
true,  and  the  beautiful  holds  an  important  place  in  all  her  work. 

While  wealthy  people  from  all  over  the  world  send  their 
children  to  her  school,  her  humanitarian  instincts  have  been 
evidenced  in  her  freely  caring  for  and  educating  scores  of 
homeless  children,  in  working  for  the  amelioration  of  the 
condition  of  prisoners  and  the  abolition  of  capital  punish- 
ment, in  opposing  vivisection,  in  giving  a  moral  uplift  and 
affording  entertainment  and  social  pleasures  to  our  soldiers 
and  sailors,  in  relieving  distress  wherever  she  could,  and 
whenever  her  means  permitted. 

"Theosophy,"  according  to  Madame  Tingley,  "must  be 
applied  to  every  department  of  life,"  and  "Raja- Yoga,"  she 
declares,  "is  Theosophy  applied  to  education."  This  does  not 
mean,  however,  that  in  the  Raj  a- Yoga  School  the  minds  of 
the  young  are  burdened  with  any  specific  religious  doctrines, 
but  that  they  are  taught  to  be  clean  in  mind  and  body,  to  be 
unselfish,  kindly,  and  obedient  to  properly  constituted  authori- 
ty; and  best  of  all,  their  tastes  are  directed  along  sane, 
wholesome,  serviceable  channels.  With  these  fundamentals, 
when  they  arrive  at  an  age  of  discretion,  their  minds  are 
open  to  the  truth;  a  knowledge  of  the  different  languages, 
which  they  began  to  acquire  in  their  childhood,  has  inbred 
in  them  a  cosmopolitan  culture  and  interest  in  international 


26  KATHERINE    TINGLEY:    THEOSOPHIST 

history;  their  acquaintance  with  the  master-minds  in  the 
realms  of  literature,  music,  art,  philosophy,  and  the  drama 
has  given  them  high  standards;  and  their  association  with 
Katherine  Tingley  as  Teacher,  Friend  and  Guide  has  inspired 
their  lives  and  has  imbued  them  with  that  deep  sense  of  duty 
to  humanity  upon  which  all  true  morality  must  rest,  and 
which  is  so  well  expressed  in  her  injunction  to  them:  "  Children 
of  Light,  as  ye  go  forth  into  the  world,  seek  to  render  noble 
service  to  all  that  lives." 

This  is  the  monument  that  Katherine  Tingley  has  erected 
in  the  hearts  of  her  students,  and  it  is  one  which  neither 
time  nor  the  elements  can  efface;  for  it  is  graven  on  the 
tablets  of  the  human  soul.  It  is  the  divine  flame  which 
will  flow  through  the  veins  of  future  generations,  stirring 
them  to  deeds  of  courage,  of  wisdom,  and  of  compassion, 
worthy  of  the  better  world  to  come. 


Lomaland-  -the  Home  of 
Theosophy 

By  Kenneth  Morris 

THE  great  institution  which  has  made  the  name  of  Point 
Loma  famous  throughout  the  world  is  the  International 
Headquarters  of  the  Universal  Brotherhood  and  Theosophical 
Society,  an  organization  which  was  founded  in  1875  by 
Madame  H.  P.  Blavatsky,  which  after  her  death  was  led  by 
William  Q.  Judge,  and  is  now  under  the  direction  of  his 
successor,  Katherine  Tingley. 

There  are  men  there  who  have  been  in  the  front  rank  as 
business  organizers,  as  artists;  in  science,  in  medicine,  in 
journalism  and  in  the  law;  as  well  as  many  skilful  and  success- 
ful craftsmen.  They  are  all,  be  it  understood,  members  of 
the  Society,  and  have  worked  as  such  for  years  in  various 
parts  of  Europe,  North  America  and  elsewhere;  thus,  in  a 
measure,  earning  the  right  to  come  to  Point  Loma  and  learn 
what  is  to  be  learned  only  there.  Their  object  is  to  gain 
power  and  strength  and  ability  to  go  out  and  help  mankind. 

For  the  studies  and  labors  carried  on  there  are,  it  should 
be  said,  of  a  deeper  and  more  far-reaching  character  than  you 
shall  find  elsewhere.  There  is  work  in  the  Arts;  there  is 
scientific  research :  one  has  but  to  read  The  Theosophical  Path 
to  realize  what  importance  is  attached  to  this  latter,  and  that 
it  is  carried  on  by  students  well  qualified  for  the  work;  but 
there  is  also  research  into  the  deeper  side  of  life:  into  what 
may  be  called  the  science  of  the  human  soul,  the  real  Occult- 
ism. We  must  divest  that  word  of  the  hideous  associations 
which  the  trickery  of  charlatans  and  the  priests  of  Mammon 
have  woven  around  it;  and  understand  that  it  means  insight 


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into  human  nature  and  the  power  to  call  forth  the  best 
from  every  man. 

Ancient  legends  tell  of  a  Golden  Age  far  away  beyond  the 
horizon  of  antiquity,  when  the  sun  was  always  shining,  and 
there  was  no  selfishness  nor  misery  anywhere  in  the  world. 
Some  of  the  poets  and  romanticists  have  scooped  up  dippersful 
of  the  glimmering  waters  of  it,  and  given  us  to  taste  of  mys- 
teries and  marvels:  insight  into  those  delicate  yet  heroic 
worlds  which  bards  in  fealty  to  Apollo  hold.  When  we  were 
children,  nearly  all  of  us  had  dreams  of  such  sunbright  realms : 
dreams  which  fell  away  from  us,  slowly  or  at  once,  with  the 
coarsening  touch  of  the  world  and  the  growth  of  our  own 
passions.  As  we  grew  up  we  lost  our  scatheless  faith  in  the 
things  of  joy  and  beauty;  and  whatever  appeared  most 
excellent,  sooner  or  later  we  found  the  trail  of  some  serpent 
over  it  all. 

But  you  come  to  believe  in  the  Golden  Age  again  when 
you  have  seen  something  of  Lomaland.  Beautiful  places  do 
not  attract  by  their  mere  beauty;  that  is,  their  loveliness 
does  not  consist  merely  in  the  things  that  the  eye  sees  in  them. 
There  must  be  something  else  inwoven  in  the  visible:  an 
inward  and  spiritual  grace,  a  significance.  Men  must  have 
done  noble  deeds  there,  to  link  the  outer  beauty  with  the 
heart  of  man.  Thus  Greece  and  Italy  are  haunted  with 
Homer  and  the  heroes,  Rome  and  the  Renaissance;  the  Alps 
have  William  Tell  and  the  indomitable  history  of  Switzerland ; 
the  Andes,  their  memories  of  the  Incas  and  the  Conquest. 
These  airy  nothings  that  hold  and  uplift  men's  souls  are 
generally,  though  unseen,  the  most  potent  somethings  in  the 
world.  Their  presence  is  strong  at  the  Theosophical  Head- 
quarters: an  inner  atmosphere  that  thrills;  as  if  exalted 
human  activity  had  unlocked  some  door  into  the  arcana; 
or  smitten  with  prophet's  power  on  the  rock  of  externalities, 
and  set  free  compelling  and  life-giving  waters.  All  the  wealth 
of  color  and  all  the  sparkle  of  the  sea,  and  the  noble  flow  and 
sweep  of  the  hill  lines,  and  the  gray  and  violet  and  aroma  of 
the  southernwood  and  yerba  santa,  and  the  mystery  of  the 
winding  canyons,  and  the  sun-awakened  loveliness  of  the 


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slopes  and  the  bounty  of  the  sun  himself,  will  not  account  for 
the  spirit  of  joy  and  buoyancy  that  broods  and  nestles  down 
over  the  place:  a  spirit  and  feeling  that  grow  and  grow  upon 
you,  and  never  surfeit.  Twenty  years  or  so  only  has  Katherine 
Tingley  been  at  work  at  Lomaland;  but  what  years  they 
have  been,  if  the  story  were  all  told!  The  wilderness  that 
she  found  is  blossoming  like  a  rose,  like  fairyland,  like  the 
Garden  of  the  Hesperides,  or  the  Islands  of  the  Blest  in 
the  West  of  the  World. 

Certainly  Nature  did  all  that  she  could  for  the  place,  to 
begin  with.  She  raised  her  delectable  mountains  to  the  east 
of  it,  and  colored  them  with  jewel  tints;  so  that  you  could 
only  paint  them,  and  the  sky  and  the  herded  clouds  above 
them  (when  there  are  clouds),  with  the  hues  of  mother-of- 
pearl  and  rare  shells,  with  amethysts,  topaz  and  opal.  And 
the  wizard  mountains  that  they  are,  the  long  line  of  them! 
from  the  snows  of  San  Gorgonio  in  the  north,  always  touched 
with  faint  orange  and  rose  and  salmon,  with  dim  forgetmenots 
and  such  gray  as  you  might  find  in  a  pale  iris,  to  the  Table 
Mountain  southward  in  Old  Mexico:  the  whole  horizon  one 
great  arc  magically  upflaming,  upbillowing  with  them,  and 
haunted  with  a  certain  life  that  one  feels;  as  if  they  were 
palaces  of  the  Gods  of  some  ancient  Western  Golden  Age: 
Gods  calm,  inscrutable,  with  many  plumes  and  jewels  of  fire, 
who  might  awake  from  their  mountain-hidden  slumbers  at 
any  time  to  astonish  the  world  —  indeed,  perhaps,  as  your 
fancy  tells  you,  who  are  awaking  even  now. 

And  then  westward  are  the  sea  and  the  sunset;  and  it  is 
an  abode  of  mystery  and  glory  when  the  two  are  together. 
You  must  ask  the  scientists  why  it  is  that  the  sun  elects  those 
strange  shapes  for  his  setting.  A  Chinese  lantern,  orange  and 
crimson,  burning  low  in  the  purple  and  ashen  rim  of  the  sky: 
a  pyramid  of  fire  upon  the  horizon;  a  long,  oval  sun;  a  little, 
squat  and  luminous  pagoda;  the  breastplate  of  a  dragon, 
whose  cloud-wings  and  glory  are  flung  out  from  the  north 
to  the  south ;  —  no,  no !  by  no  means  ask  the  scientists ; 
instead,  let  your  imagination  for  once  run  riot  in  fairyland, 
and  be  medicined  with  the  waters  of  the  Golden  Age.  There 


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are  flaming  and  beautiful  beings  out  at  festival  over  the  water ; 
forget  your  personality  in  the  glamor  of  it,  and  taste  the 
grand  life  of  Nature;  be  baptized  in  a  fountain  that  laves 
away  our  aches  and  cares  and  troubles.  Self  is  the  thief  that 
stole  from  us  bur  ancient  titanism  and  fairy-haunted  youth ; 
personality  and  passion  robbed  the  world  of  its  grandeur  and 
magic.  Here  they  are  again,  my  masters,  here  they  are  — all 
the  beauty  and  glory  that  poets  and  little  children  have  ever 
dreamed!  Ah,  she  is  voluminous  and  persistent,  is  Nature 
here;  flashing  before  the  eyes  of  the  dwellers  there  always  the 
secrets  of  her  impersonal  splendor.  She  is  as  one  with  a 
with  a  magic  wand:  Voila!  and  out  before  you  is  the  core  of 
the  beauty  of  the  world. 

She  does  that  everywhere,  indeed,  to  a  greater  or  less 
extent;  but  somehow,  when  she  and  greedy  man  come  into 
contact,  it  is  generally  man  that  is  the  victor  —  for  the  time. 
He  fills  her  sky  with  smoke,  and  strews  her  hills  and  valleys 
with  old  tin  cans  and  corrugated  iron  iniquities.  But  man  has 
made  his  home  in  Lomaland,  and  carries  on  all  the  business 
of  life  here;  and  yet  Nature  has  nothing  to  regret,  and  very 
much  indeed  to  rejoice  over. 

Those  buildings  at  the  top  of  the  hill,  for  instance:  the 
Raj  a- Yoga  Academy  and  the  Temple  of  Peace  —  she  surely 
does  rejoice  over  them.  You  cannot  classify  them  as  belong- 
ing to  any  known  style  of  architecture,  for  they  are  of  a  style 
by  themselves:  with  their  perfect  pillars,  their  wonderful 
harmony  of  lines  and  curves,  their  two  great  domes,  the  one 
pale  sea-green  and  the  other  dark  purple.  Katherine  Tingley 
was  the  architect  who  designed  them.  Perhaps  the  last 
criterion  of  beauty  in  architecture  is  the  degree  in  which  a 
building  harmonizes  with  its  surroundings :  not  that  it  should 
be  merely  beautiful  in  itself,  like  a  Gothic  cathedral;  but 
that  it  should  adorn  the  landscape  around  it,  and  be  as 
necessary  to  that  as  beautiful  eyes  in  a  beautiful  face.  Beauti- 
ful these  buildings  are  in  themselves,  certainly;  but  still  more 
beautiful  as  the  eyes  of  beautiful  Lomaland,  as  the  crown 
jewels  of  the  hill.  One  must  esteem  the  genius  that  planned 
them  something  beyond  the  ordinary:  our  greatest  builders 


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do  not  so  know  what  Nature  needs.  Art  requires  to  have  a 
certain  wisdom  behind  it,  or  it  will  be  less  than  perfect;  here 
is  the  teaching  of  Theosophy  exemplified  again.  So  the 
builders  of  the  Pyramids  knew  how  to  treat  the  desert;  so 
the  architects  of  the  Parthenon  perceived  the  requirements 
of  the  Acropolis.  These  buildings  fit  the  hills  of  Lomaland 
as  the  sweet-aromaed  southernwood  and  the  California  poppies 
fit  them;  they  harmonize  with  the  landscape  as  the  heart  of 
the  pansy  harmonizes  with  its  petals.  You  can  hardly  imagine 
the  place  without  them.  And  the  homes  of  the  students, 
and  whatever  buildings  are  set  up,  if  only  ever  so  temporary, 
are  equally  fitting;  not  one  of  them  seems  out  of  place,  nor 
suggests  a  foreign  body;  they  all  appear  to  be  native  and 
intimate  blooms. 

Here  are  some  words  of  Katherine  Tingley's,  which  ap- 
peared recently  in  one  of  the  principal  magazines  of  North 
America: 

"Point  Loma,  fourteen  years  ago,  was  a  wilderness  of 
sagebrush  and  cactus  where  rattlesnakes  and  wild  rabbits 
had  their  haunts.  ...  It  was  eight  miles  from  the  town  of 
San  Diego,  hardly  accessible  by  road  and  only  to  be  reached 
with  difficulty  by  water.  In  point  of  scenery,  location  and 
climate,  it  was  the  ideal  spot  of  the  world,  and  most  admirably 
adapted  for  the  educational  institution  for  which  it  was 
purchased." 

(Access  to  Point  Loma  is  very  easy  now:  there  are  splendid 
roads  and  electric  car-lines;  it  is  but  a  matter  of  half  an  hour 
between  the  Theosophical  Headquarters  and  the  city.) 

"The  knowledge  that  on  Point  Loma  was  to  be  the  world- 
center  of  the  Universal  Brotherhood  and  Theosophical  Society, 
which  has  for  its  supreme  object  the  elevation  of  the  race, 
created  great  enthusiasm  among  the  members  throughout 
the  world.  The  further  fact  that  the  government  of  the 
Universal  Brotherhood  and  Theosophical  Society  as  provided 
by  the  Constitution  of  the  Society,  rests  entirely  with  the 
Leader  and  Official  Head,  who  holds  her  office  for  life  and  who 


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has  the  privilege  of  appointing  her  successor,  gave  me  the 
power  to  carry  out  some  of  the  plans  I  had  long  cherished. 
Among  these  was  the  erection  of  the  great  Homestead  Build- 
ing, now  the  Raja- Yoga  Academy.  This  I  carefully  designed 
that  it  might  not  stand  apart  from  the  beautiful  nature  about 
it,  but  in  a  sense  harmonize  with  the  sky,  the  distant  moun- 
tains, the  broad  blue  Pacific  and  the  glorious  light  of  the  sun. 

"No  one  dominated  by  selfish  aims  and  ambitions  was 
invited  to  take  part  in  this  pioneer  work.  Although  there 
were  scores  of  workers  from  various  parts  of  the  world  uniting 
their  efforts  with  mine  for  the  upbuilding  of  this  world-center, 
yet  there  was  no  disharmony.  Each  took  the  duty  allotted 
to  him  and  worked  trustingly  and  cheerfully.  A  visitor  notes 
with  surprise  that  'the  cooking,  the  carpentering,  the  road- 
making,  as  well  as  the  teaching  and  the  music,  are  done 
freely;  that  the  doctor,  the  dentist  and  the  plumber,  the 
monotype  operator  in  the  printing-shop,  and  the  engineer 
in  the  power  plant,  were  all  working  without  wages,  working 
hard,  and  as  far  as  I  could  see,  very  happy  at  their  tasks/ 
By  organized  efforts  the  troublesome  household  tasks  are 
made  easy,  and  not  only  are  these  carried  on,  but  the  students 
make  most  of  their  own  clothing  and  much  of  their  furniture. 
Many  of  the  world's  ways  these  workers  gladly  left  behind 
them.  They  seemed  reborn  with  an  enthusiasm  that  knew 
no  defeat.  The  work  was  done  for  the  love  of  it,  and  this  is 
the  secret  of  a  large  part  of  the  success  that  has  come  to  the 
Theosophical  Movement. 

"Not  long  after  the  establishment  of  the  International 
Theosophical  Headquarters  at  Point  Loma,  it  was  plain  to 
see  that  the  Society  was  advancing  along  all  lines  by  leaps 
and  bounds.  Letters  of  inquiry  were  pouring  in  from  different 
countries,  which  led  to  my  establishing  the  Theosophical 
Propaganda  Bureau.  This  is  one  of  the  greatest  factors  we 
have  in  disseminating  our  teachings.  The  International 
Brotherhood  League  then  opened  its  offices  and  has  ever  been 
active  in  its  special  humanitarian  work:  for  orphan  children, 
prisoners,  the  unfortunate,  and  in  the  relief  of  suffering. 
From  the  beginning  the  Aryan  Theosophical  Press  has  yearly 


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enlarged  its  facilities  in  answer  to  the  demand  made  upon  it 
through  the  publication  of  Theosophical  literature.  .  .  .  There 
is  the  Isis  Conservatory  of  Music  and  Drama,  the  Department 
of  Arts  and  Crafts,  the  Industrial  Department,  includ- 
ing Forestry,  Agriculture,  Road-building,  Photo- Engraving, 
Chemical  laboratory,  Carpentry  and  Plumbing,  Landscape 
Gardening  and  many  other  crafts." 

Of  this  list  of  activities,  a  chapter  might  be  written  on 
every  item;  one  must  however,  take  a  glance  at  the  wonderful 
Raja- Yoga  System  of  Education,  one  of  Katherine  Tingley's 
many  revelations  to  the  world.  Fifty  years  ago  we  used  to 
imagine  that  if  society  were  run  by  scientists  it  would  be 
perfect;  now  we  incline  to  the  idea  that  a  general  direction  of 
affairs  by  business  men  is  the  desideratum.  The  truth  is  that 
every  department  of  life,  all  sorts  and  conditions  of  men, 
are  necessary;  so  long  as  they  are  men,  and  not  caricatures 
or  slanders  on  humanity.  The  supreme  touch  comes  not  in 
mere  proficiency  in  any  one  profession,  nor  in  any  mental 
qualification;  but  in  the  soul  itself,  the  submerged  divinity 
within  us  all.  We  train  our  children  for  this  or  that  business 
or  profession;  and  too  often  omit  to  train  them  to  be  men 
and  women,  gloriously  human,  masters  of  themselves. 

But  at  this  International  Theosophical  Center  the  whole 
aim  of  education  is  towards  this  soulhood.  The  work  of 
teaching  is  carried  on  from  that  standpoint.  All  the  faculties 
are  developed,  but  only  as  a  means  to  the  end  that  the  real 
manhood  may  be  developed.  It  is  not  great  artists  or  great 
business  men  or  great  scientists  that  the  world  is  crying  out 
for;  but  men  and  women  who  hold  the  balance  of  things 
within  themselves,  and  can  meet  all  situations  and  turn  the 
wrong  they  meet  into  right.  Katherine  Tingley's  Raja- Yoga 
System  is  meeting  this  need.  The  ordinary  schools  look  on 
the  problems  of  life,  which  their  scholars  are  to  face,  as  being 
chiefly  concerned  with  matters  of  bread  and  butter  and  the 
like.  But  the  real  problems  are  those  within.  If  a  man  is 
master  of  himself,  dispassionate  and  compassionate;  if  he 
can  lord  it  over  his  wandering  mind,  concentrating  that 
entirely  on  the  present  duty;  the  bread  and  butter  question 


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will  never  appear  before  him  as  a  problem  at  all.  His  problems 
will  be:  to  stop  vice,  to  rescue  the  fallen,  to  better  the  life  of 
the  world;  and  he  will  find  himself  capable  of  solving  them. 
In  the  article  above  quoted,  Katherine  Tingley  explains 
the  educational  ideals  she  has  brought  into  actuality  thus: 

"In  the  Raj  a- Yoga  College  and  School  the  term  education 
has  a  much  wider  signification  than  is  usually  given  it.  The 
basis  of  this  whole  education  is  the  essential  divinity  of  man 
and  the  necessity  for  transmuting  everything  in  his  nature 
which  is  not  divine.  To  do  this,  no  part  can  be  neglected  and 
the  physical  nature  must  share  to  the  full  in  the  care  and 
attention  which  are  required.  Neither  can  the  most  assiduous 
training  of  the  intellect  be  passed  over;  it  must  be  made 
subservient  however  to  the  forces  of  the  heart.  The  intellect 
must  be  the  servant,  not  the  master,  if  order  and  equilibrium 
are  to  be  attained  and  maintained.  In  such  a  system  as  this, 
it  is  necessary  that  all  service  be  voluntary,  and  therefore  no 
salaries  whatever  are  paid.  The  aim  of  true  education  is  not 
to  acquire  a  store  of  facts.  For  this  a  retentive  memory  is 
alone  the  requisite,  and  we  find  all  too  often  in  the  world 
that  memory  and  knowledge  are  accredited  with  an  identity 
they  in  no  way  deserve.  True  education  is  the  power  to  live 
in  harmony  with  our  environment  and  power  to  draw  out  from 
the  recesses  of  our  own  nature  all  the  potentialities  of  character 
and  divine  life. 

"The  education  in  the  Raj  a- Yoga  system,  therefore,  is 
not  confined  to  the  receipt  of  information  at  certain  stated 
hours  of  the  day,  and  in  a  specified  manner.  In  fact,  the 
whole  life  here  may  be  regarded  as  education.  A  well-known 
writer  has  recorded  with  surprise  the  reply  of  the  oldest  living 
worker  in  the  community  to  the  question  why  he  lived  there: 
'I  am  a  student,  I  am  learning/  At  the  International  Theo- 
sophical  Headquarters,  all  are  students.  Every  hour  of  the 
day,  every  activity  of  body  or  mind,  is  part  of  the  educa- 
tional process.  It  consists  of  the  regulation  of  the  whole  life 
upon  the  highest  ideal,  which  must  govern  the  most  hidden 
thought  as  effectually  as  it  does  the  mutual  relationship 


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of  the  students.  Theosophy  is  not  a  metaphysical  abstraction 
nor  a  system  of  intellectual  gymnastics.  This  is  proved  by 
the  success  which  attends  the  broad  application  of  its  philo- 
sophy to  the  needs  of  human  life." 

Therein  lies  the  secret  of  Lomaland ;  therein  the  secret  of 
Katherine  Tingley's  own  ever- victorious  career.  One  can  but 
be  convinced,  when  one  has  seen  a  little  of  the  life  there,  that 
there  is  something  at  work  in  Lomaland,  more  real  than 
anything  known  in  modern  times;  some  principle,  some 
method  of  living  discovered,  of  which  the  world  knows  nothing, 
or  which  it  has  forgotten  long  since.  One  side  of  life,  and  that 
the  noisiest,  the  foremost,  the  most  insistent  everywhere  - 
the  wilfully  selfish  side,  to  wit  —  is  entirely  absent;  hence 
there  is  room  for  all  splendid  things  in  human  nature  to  grow 
and  blossom.  Do  but  look  at  these  children,  and  say  if  they 
are  not  to  out-distance  all  competitors  in  whatever  line  of  life 
they  may  pursue.  And  yet  they  have  not,  and  will  not  have, 
any  idea  of  competing;  nor  desire  to  do  so.  Say  if  there  are 
not  great  poets  and  artists,  great  lawyers  and  professional 
and  business  men,  in  their  ranks.  Why,  you  do  not  doubt  it. 
With  that  absence  of  self-consciousness,  that  alertness  and 
concentration,  that  grace  and  dignity,  it  could  not  be  other- 
wise. Many  of  them  have  been  in  the  school  since  the  time 
of  their  birth;  always  under  watchful  eyes;  always  under  the 
influence  of  the  highest,  most  impersonal,  wisest  love.  They 
are  not  allowed  to  go  wrong;  they  are  brought  to  study  the 
divinity  of  their  real  nature,  and  how  to  win  battles  against 
the  lower  part  of  themselves.  They  are  manly,  boyish,  or 
womanly,  girlish,  and  unspoiled:  eager  after  self-mastery. 
If  all  children  were  so  trained  and  guarded,  genius  would  be 
the  rule,  not  the  exception.  You  see  them,  and  your  pes- 
simism falls  away  from  you;  for  you  realize  that  a  new  race 
is  coming  into  being,  that  will  do  something  real  towards  the 
uplifting  of  the  world.  It  is  a  new  and  practical  exemplifica- 
tion of  the  truth  that  whoso  seeketh  first  the  kingdom  of 
Heaven,  all  things  else  shall  be  added  unto  him. 

Another  department  at  the  International  Theosophical 


38  LOMALAND  —  THE    HOME    OF    THEOSOPHY 

Headquarters  at  Point  Loma  that  must  be  mentioned  is  the 
Aryan  Theosophical  Press.  Besides  many  books  on  Theo- 
sophy  yearly,  no  less  than  four  magazines  are  issued  here: 
The  Theosophical  Path,  the  official  organ  of  the  Universal 
Brotherhood  and  Theosophical  Society;  El  Sender o  Teosofico, 
which  has  won  for  itself  so  high  a  place  among  the  magazines 
of  the  Iberian  world;  the  Raj  a- Yoga  Messenger,  written  and 
edited  by  young  students  of  the  Raj  a- Yoga  College,  girls 
and  boys,  and  dedicated  to  the  children  of  the  world;  and 
The  New  Way,  "for  prisoners  and  others,  whether  behind  the 
bars  or  not,"  designed  to  give  a  simple,  optimistic  philosophy 
of  life  —  distributed  gratis  in  most  of  the  state  prisons  in  the 
U.  S.  A.,  also  in  hospitals,  and  a  special  edition  being  pub- 
lished for  soldiers  and  sailors.  The  Aryan  Theosophical  Press, 
truly,  is  a  marvel  of  productiveness  and  efficiency;  but  in 
other  respects,  what  a  contrast  it  affords  to  the  great  printing 
establishments  of  the  land !  There  is  the  clank  of  machinery, 
the  palpitating  of  engines,  the  perpetual  click  and  clatter  of 
the  monotype  and  casting  machine;  but  there  is  also  the 
magical  canyon  winding  down  from  before  the  wide  windows 
to  the  Pacific;  there  is  the  croon  of  the  waves  from  afar,  and 
the  song  of  the  mocking-bird,  the  blooming  of  innumerable 
flowers,  the  scent  of  aromatic  acres.  And  the  magazines  that 
are  produced,  with  their  carefully  written  articles  and  ex- 
quisite illustrations  —  in  themselves  they  are  a  proof  that 
there  is  nothing  slipshod  about  Theosophy;  that  it  is  the 
gospel  of  perfect  work,  of  the  taking  of  infinite  pains.  The 
cliches  for  the  pictures,  whose  excellence  has  so  often  been 
commented  on  in  the  press  of  two  continents,  are  all  the  work 
of  the  Photographic  and  Engraving  Department  at  Point 
Loma,  which  is  in  charge  of  one  of  the  young  graduates  of 
the  Raj  a- Yoga  College. 

Some  of  the  students  at  the  International  Theosophical 
Headquarters  at  Point  Loma  worked  under  Madame  H.  P. 
Blavatsky,  who  founded  the  Theosophical  Society  in  1875, 
and  remained  its  Leader  until  her  death  in  1891.  They  knew 
her  personally,  and  were  brought  into  daily  contact  with  the 
power  and  genius  that  so  startled  and  aroused  the  world  some 


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thirty  or  forty  years  ago.  Others  again  were  associated  with 
William  Quan  Judge,  whose  strong  hands  held  the  reins  of  the 
Movement  during  the  five  years  that  elapsed  between  Madame 
Blavatsky 's  death  and  his  own;  and  still  others  have  come 
into  the  ranks,  attracted  by  the  teachings  of  Katherine 
Tingley  herself.  They  all,  and  especially  the  more  advanced 
of  them,  the  ones  nearest  to  the  Leader,  realize  that  it  is  a 
true  World  Teacher  that  they  have  in  their  midst:  one  who 
can  teach  the  deeper  mysteries  of  life;  one  "not  as  the 
scribes  and  Pharisees."  There  were  many  teachings  left  by 
Madame  Blavatsky  in  the  sole  possession  of  Mr.  Judge,  to 
be  given  out  by  him  to  such  of  the  students  as  might  fit 
themselves  to  receive  them,  and  as  they  fitted  themselves. 
Many  of  these  teachings  Katherine  Tingley  has  given  out; 
and  many  teachings  of  her  own.  For  Theosophy  is  not  a 
limited  dogma,  but  a  progressive  unveilment  of  the  deeper 
knowledge  of  the  Soul,  and  it  is  true,  now  as  ever,  that 
"whoso  doeth  the  will  shall  know  of  the  doctrine."  As  one 
advances  in  purity  of  life  and  motive,  and  in  understanding, 
so  he  becomes  fitted  to  receive  deeper  and  deeper  knowledge. 
And  it  is  the  possession  of  such  knowledge,  and  the  ability 
to  give  it  out  at  the  right  time  and  to  the  right  persons,  that 
constitute  in  part  the  power  of  a  World  Teacher. 

Those  who  knew  H.  P.  Blavatsky  recognise  in  Katherine 
Tingley  the  same  depth  of  knowledge  and  insight;  the  same 
power  to  guide  the  lives  and  studies  of  seekers  after  the 
higher  things.  There  are  many  so-called  teachers  in  the  world 
today,  and  many  who  claim  to  have  spiritual  knowledge,  who 
have  strange  doctrine  to  dole  out  to  the  gullible  for  money; 
and  some  of  them  have  great  intellect,  and  some  deep  learning, 
and  some  a  wondrous  flow  of  words.  But  to  be  a  world  teacher 
requires  something  more  than  brilliant  intellect,  or  the  power 
to  stir  the  emotions  of  the  crowd.  It  is  not  an  affair  of  the 
brain-mind,  but  comes  through  long  preparation,  through 
many  trials,  through  living  entirely  to  benefit  mankind. 
True  Teachers  do  not  confound  God  with  Mammon;  they 
know  that  all  the  money  in  the  world  would  not  suffice  to  buy 
for  any  a  single  ounce  of  Truth  or  Wisdom. 


40  LOMALAND  —  THE    HOME    OF    THEOSOPHY 

And  further,  Katherine  Tingley  has  always  been  a  philan- 
thropist. She  had  been  such  long  before  she  became  known 
to  the  world  as  the  Head  of  the  Theosophical  Movement: 
a  worker  in  prisons,  a  rescuer  of  the  fallen,  a  lover  and  helper 
of  children.  Since  then  she  has  turned,  as  one  might  say,  one 
hand  of  the  Theosophical  Society  to  philanthropic  work;  and 
the  other  to  that  which  must  stand  behind  philanthropy, 
unless  the  latter  is  to  be  a  mere  plowing  of  the  sands:  the  work 
of  teaching  the  true  philosophy  of  life,  in  whose  light  men 
can  come  to  live  uprightly,  beneficially  for  the  race.  Turn 
to  the  record  of  her  visit  to  Santiago  de  Cuba  at  the  close  of 
the  Spanish- American  War,  when  she  fed  thousands  that  were 
starving,  and  tended  thousands  that  were  sick. 

Should  you  look  into  the  lives  of  the  many  wordy  claimants 
to  spiritual  wisdom  who  advertise  and  advertise  themselves 
these  days,  you  would  find,  it  is  likely,  innumerable  inconsis- 
tencies, rampant  selfishness;  often  viler  things  still.  But  at 
Lomaland,  under  Katherine  Tingley,  this  rule  is  applied: 
the  first  essential  condition  on  which  real  spiritual  advance- 
ment depends  is  absolute  purity  of  life  and  unselfishness  of 
purpose.  Go  up  and  down  there,  and  search  where  you  will, 
you  shall  not  find  that  which  rings  untrue.  Katherine  Tingley 
makes  a  challenge  to  every  member  of  her  organization,  and 
particularly  to  those  who  come  to  Point  Loma,  to  make  their 
lives  shining  examples,  letting  no  dark  corners  remain  in 
them:  to  fit  themselves  by  study,  and  by  the  utmost  purity  of 
mind,  body  and  motive,  to  become  potent  helpers  of  mankind. 


Brief    Chronology 

of  some 

Important  Events  in  the  History  of  the 
Theosophical  Movement 

1831  —  July  31.  Birth,  at  Ekaterinoslaff,  southern  Russia,  of  Helena 
Petrovna  Harm,  daughter  of  Colonel  Peter  Harm  and  Helena  Fadeyef. 

1845  —  Taken  by  her  father  to  Paris  and  London. 

1848  —  July  7.  Married  N.  Blavatsky,  Councillor  of  State.  Later, 
traveled  (at  her  father's  expense)  in  Europe,  Canada  (1851),  North  and 
Central  America,  England,  India  (1852),  Java,  England  (1853),  North 
America,  India  (1855),  Cashmere,  Leli  in  Ladakh  (1856)  Tibet,  India  (1857; , 
the  East,  Egypt,  Greece,  Palestine  (1867-1872),  Paris,  and  New  York, 
arriving  July  7,  1873. 

1874  —  She  met  William  Q.  Judge,  who  at  once  became  her  pupil,  and 
at  her  death  succeeded  her  as  Leader  of  the  Theosophical  Movement. 

1875  —  September  8.     Formation  of  the  Theosophical  Society  at  H.  P. 
Blavatsky 's  rooms.    Present:   H.  P.  Blavatsky,  W.  Q.  Judge,  and  fourteen 
others. 

1877  —  Publication  of  Isis  Unveiled,  H.  P.  Blavatsky's  first  book. 

1878  —  December  18.     H.  P.  Blavatsky  left  New  York  for  India,  to 
enlarge  the  work  of  her  Society. 

1879  —  The   magazine  The  Theosophist  founded  and  edited    in  India 
by  H.  P.  Blavatsky. 

1880  —  H.  P.  Blavatsky  visited  Ceylon. 

1881  —  H.  P.  Blavatsky  delivered  the  celebrated  message  to  the  Brah- 
mans  of  Allahabad,  known  as  the  'Prayag  Theosophical  Society  Letter,'  se- 
verely criticizing  certain  Brahmanical  practices,  particularly  child-marriage. 

1883  —  Formation  of  the  Aryan  Theosophical  Society  at  New  York, 
by  William  Q.  Judge,  who  was  elected  its  President  and  remained  such  until 
his  death  in  1896.     Into  this  Society  the  Parent  Theosophical  Society 
merged  itself. 

1884  —  April  7.     H.  P.  Blavatsky  left  India  for  Europe,  returning  to 
India  later  in  connexion  with  false  charges  made  against  her.    (See  Incidents 
in  the  History  of  the  Theosophical  Movement.) 

1885  — H.   P.   Blavatsky   returned   to   Europe  —  Wiirzburg,   Ostend, 
Paris.    W.  Q.  Judge  returned  to  America  from  a  visit  to  India.    The  Secret 
Doctrine  begun  by  H.  P.  Blavatsky. 

1886  —  April.    W.  Q.  Judge  founded  The  Path  magazine,  and  became 


42  CHRONOLOGY    OF    IMPORTANT    EVENTS 

its  editor.     Lodge  formed  in  Boston.    The  Society  established  in  Ireland. 

1887  —  H.  P.  Blavatsky  took  up  residence  in  London,  founding  and 
editing  the  magazine  Lucifer.    First  Convention  of  the  American  Section. 

1888  —  Blavatsky  Lodge  formed.     British  Section  formed,  and  other 
English  Lodges  established.     Publication  of  The  Secret  Doctrine  by  H.  P. 
Blavatsky.     Establishment  by  H.  P.  Blavatsky  of  the  '  Esoteric  Section, ' 
afterwards  the  'Eastern  and  Esoteric  School  of  Theosophy.'    The  Universal 
Brotherhood  Organization,  founded  in  1898,  of  which  the  Theosophical 
Society  became  an  integral  part,  is  the  expansion  of  the  Eastern  and  Eso- 
teric School. 

1889  —  Aryan  Press  established  by  W.  Q.  Judge  in  New  York.    The  Key 
to  Theosophy  and  The  Voice  of  the  Silence  written  and  published  by  H.  P. 
Blavatsky.    Formation  of  the  Theosophical  Society  in  Sweden,  February  10, 
with  Dr.  Gustav  Zander  as  President. 

1890  —  March  26.     Incorporation  of  the  Aryan  Theosophical  Society 
of  New  York,  at  New  York  City. 

1891  —  May  8.     Death  of  H.  P.  Blavatsky  at  19  Avenue  Road,  London. 
European  Section  formed.     Dutch-Belgian  branch  formed.     Purchase  of 
144  Madison  Avenue,  New  York,  by  the  Aryan  Theosophical  Society,  and 
establishment  there  of  the   International   Headquarters.      Publication   of 
Echoes  from  the  Orient  (W.  Q.  Judge). 

1893  —  W.  Q.  Judge  spoke,  at  the  Parliament  of  Religions,  Chicago, 
to  enormous  meeting-s,  on  'Theosophy  in  the  Bible,'  'Universal  Brotherhood 
a  Fact  in  Nature,'  'The  Unsectarian  Nature  of  the  Society,'  and  'Education.' 
Publication  of  The  Ocean  of  Theosophy  (W.  Q.  Judge). 

1894  —  April  22.     Eighth  Annual  American  Convention,  at  San  Fran- 
cisco, representing  eighty-seven  Branches,  declared,  in  answer  to  certain 
attacks,  its  unanimous  and  unswerving  belief  in  the  integrity  and  uprightness 
of  William  Q.  Judge. 

November  3.     W.   Q.   Judge  took  control  of  'The  Esoteric  Section' 
throughout  the  world. 

1895  —  April.     Ninth  Convention  of  the  American  Section,  when  it  was 
resolved  by  an  overwhelming  majority  of  delegates  to  reorganize,   changing 
the  name  to  'The  Theosophical  Society  in  America,'  and  electing  W.  Q. 
Judge  President  for  life.    The  other  World-Sections  immediately  followed 
this  example. 

1896  —  March  21.     Death  of  W.  Q.  Judge.     Katherine  Tingley,  ap- 
pointed by  W.  Q.  Judge  as  his  successor,  became  Leader  of  the  Movement 
throughout  the  world. 

June  7.     Katherine  Tingley  organized  and  conducted  the  great  Crusade 
of  American  Theosophists  around  the  world,  ending  April  4,  1897. 

1897  —  February  23.     Corner-stone  of  the  School  of  Antiquity  laid  at 
Point  Loma,  by  Katherine  Tingley.    Lotus  Groups  organized.    International 
Brotherhood  League  formed  by  Katherine  Tingley.     Summer  Home  in 
New  Jersey  established  by  Katherine  Tingley  for  children  of  the  crowded 


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districts  of  the  East  Side  of  New  York  City.  Wayfare  Home  established 
by  Katherine  Tingley  at  Buffalo,  New  York,  for  destitute  women.  The 
New  Century,  a  weekly  paper,  established  and  edited  by  Katherine  Tingley. 
The  name  was  afterwards  changed  to  Century  Path. 

1898  —  January  13.     Formation  in  New  York  City  of  the  Universal 
Brotherhood,  by  Katherine  Tingley. 

February  18.  The  Convention  of  the  Theosophical  Society  in  America, 
in  Chicago,  resolved,  through  its  delegates,  to  enter  a  larger  arena  and  widen 
its  scope,  by  uniting  with  the  Universal  Brotherhood  Organization,  in  which 
the  parent  Theosophical  Society,  founded  by  H.  P.  Blavatsky  and  others, 
was  merged.  Katherine  Tingley  was  officially  recognised  as  Leader  and 
Official  Head  of  the  Universal  Brotherhood  and  Theosophical  Society, 
for  life. 

February  23.  The  Theosophical  Society  in  Europe  took  the  same  action; 
quickly  followed  by  the  Theosophical  Societies  in  other  parts  of  the  world. 

June.  The  I  sis  League  of  Art,  Music  and  Drama,  established  in  New 
York  by  Katherine  Tingley. 

August.  Emergency  hospital  established  at  Montauk,  Long  Island,  by 
Katherine  Tingley,  where  thousands  of  sick  soldiers  of  the  American  Army 
returning  from  the  Cuban  campaign  were  given  relief  by  nursing,  medicines, 
clothing,  etc.  Boys'  Brotherhood  Clubs  established  throughout  the  world 
by  Katherine  Tingley. 

1899  —  February.     Expedition  for  relief  work  in  Cuba  organized  by 
Katherine  Tingley,  in  pursuance  of  International  Brotherhood  League  work. 

April  13.  Congress  of  the  Universal  Brotherhood  and  Theosophical 
Society  opened  at  Point  Loma,  California,  and  attended  by  members  from 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

September  13.  Congress  in  Stockholm,  Sweden,  organized  by  Katherine 
Tingley.  A  reception  given  by  the  members  of  the  Organization  was 
attended  by  King  Oscar  of  Sweden  and  his  suite. 

October  6.     European  Congress  of  the  Organization  at  Brighton,  England. 

1900  —  February  13.     Katherine  Tingley  took  up  her  permanent  resi- 
dence at  Point  Loma,  California,  after  having  purchased  large  property  at 
that  place  for  the  World-Center  and  Headquarters  of  the  Universal  Brother- 
hood and  Theosophical  Society  and  all  its  Departments. 

November  11.  Dedication  of  the  Aryan  Memorial  Temple  by  the 
students  of  Lomaland. 

1901  —  July  1.     Building  of  the  Open-Air  Greek  Theater  commenced 
at  the  International  Theosophical  Headquarters,  Point  Loma;    completed 
in  November;   the  first  one  built  in  the  U.  S.  A. 

1902  —  March  7.     Purchase  of  Opera  House,  San  Diego,  California,  for 
the  public  exposition  of  Theosophy,  dramatic  and  other  work,  by  Katherine 
Tingley.     Re-named  as  the  Isis  Theater  on  May  18. 

November.  A  number  of  orphan  Cuban  children,  on  their  way  to 
Point  Loma,  were  detained  at  New  York  through  the  efforts  of  the  Gerry 


44  CHRONOLOGY    OF    IMPORTANT    EVENTS 

Society.  Pursuant  to  an  appeal  made  to  the  Government  by  Katherine 
Tingley,  Commissioner-General  Sargent  of  the  Immigration  Office,  visited 
Point  Loma,  and,  after  a  thorough  investigation,  reported  most  favorably 
to  the  Government;  and  in  December  the  children  reached  Point  Loma 
safely. 

1903  —  Katherine  Tingley  gained  her  libel  suit  against  the  Los  Angeles 
Times,  which  was  forced  to  pay  heavy  damages  for  its  slanderous  attack 
upon  her. 

November.  Raj  a- Yoga  Schools  opened  in  Santiago,  Cuba,  and  San 
Diego,  California.  Katherine  Tingley  visited  France,  Italy,  Egypt,  Ceylon, 
China,  and  Japan. 

1904  —  December.     First  number  of  The  Raja-  Yoga  Messenger,  an  illus- 
trated magazine  devoted  to  the  higher  education  of  youth,  conducted  by 
pupils  of  the  Raja- Yoga  College,  Point  Loma,  California. 

1906  —  July.  The  Woman's  International  Theosophical  League  es- 
tablished by  Katherine  Tingley. 

September.     Raj  a- Yoga  School  opened  in  Pinar  del  Rio,  Cuba. 

1908  —  November  29.     Corner-stone  of  the  Cuban  International  Theo- 
sophical Headquarters  laid  on  the  San  Juan  Hill  property,  Cuba,  purchased 
by  Katherine  Tingley  in  1907. 

1909  —  February.     Opening  of  Raja- Yoga  School  in  Santa  Clara,  Cuba. 

1911  —  March  17.     First   performance,   in  the   Isis  Theater,   of   The 
Aroma  of  Athens,  arranged  by  Katherine  Tingley. 

July.  The  illustrated  monthly  magazines  of  the  Universal  Brotherhood 
and  Theosophical. Society,  viz.,  The  Theosophical  Path  (U.  S.  A.)  edited  by 
Katherine  Tingley,  and  the  magazines  published  under  her  direction  in 
England,  Sweden,  Germany,  and  Holland,  were  simultaneously  enlarged, 
and  appeared  for  the  first  time  with  a  color  reproduction,  on  the  cover, 
of  the  symbolic  painting  entitled  The  Path,  now  in  Lomaland.  The  new 
Spanish  magazine,  El  Sendero  Teosofico,  edited  by  Katherine  Tingley, 
appeared  at  the  same  time. 

October  27.  Establishment  by  Katherine  Tingley  of  the  Men's  Inter- 
national Theosophical  League  of  Humanity. 

The  Key  to  Theosophy  published  in  Japanese,  in  Japan. 

November.  The  New  Way,  a  monthly  magazine  '  For  prisoners  and  others 
whether  behind  the  bars  or  not,'  established  by  Katherine  Tingley.  Several 
thousand  copies  of  this  magazine  are  distributed  monthly,  free,  among 
prisoners. 

1912  —  November-December.     Katherine  Tingley  in  Sweden  and  Den- 
mark;   and  in  Italy,  where  she  laid  the  foundation  of  extensive  Theo- 
sophical work. 

1913  —  March  13.     Public  announcement  made  by  Katherine  Tingley 
of  an  International  Theosophical  Peace  Congress,  to  be  held  at  Visingso, 
Sweden,  in  June  of  that  year. 

May  4.     In  an  address  at  Isis  Theater,  Katherine  Tingley  called  upon 


CHRONOLOGY    OF    IMPORTANT    EVENTS  45 

U.  S.  A.  to  take  its  place  as  the  first    nation    in    the    world    for    Peace. 

June  22-29.  The  International  Theosophical  Peace  Congress  convoked 
by  Katherine  Tingley  was  held  on  the  historic  island  of  Visingso,  Sweden. 
Among  numerous  other  activities  a  historical  play,  The  Forerunners,  was 
presented;  also  The  Aroma  of  Athens;  and  a  special  cantata,  The  Peace  Pipe, 
was  rendered.  A  Greek  temple  was  erected  containing  a  fine  exhibition  of 
pictures  by  Swedish  and  foreign  artists,  including  a  splendid  collection 
donated  permanently  by  Sweden's  premier  artist,  Julius  Kronberg. 

August.  Katherine  Tingley  with  her  party  of  Peace  Delegates,  held 
public  meetings  in  several  cities  in  the  Netherlands,  and  attended  the 
Twentieth  Peace  Congress  at  The  Hague,  where  the  Raja- Yoga  Students 
sang  at  the  opening  session.  Some  of  the  delegates  also  held  a  public 
meeting  in  Niirnberg,  Germany.  Other  public  meetings  were  held  in 
London  and  Boston. 

1914  —  June  16.     Public  announcement  by  Katherine  Tingley  of  the 
Parliament  of  Peace  and  Universal  Brotherhood  to  assemble  in  the  Greek 
Theater,  Lomaland,  during  1915. 

July.  Raja- Yoga  Free  Summer  School  for  Poor  Children  of  London, 
established  by  Katherine  Tingley  at  Fleet,  Hants,  England. 

September  3.  September  28  suggested  by  Katherine  Tingley  to  the 
President  of  the  U.  S.  A.,  as  a  Sacred  Peace  Day  for  the  Nations. 

September  7.  Resolutions  presented  by  Katherine  Tingley  to  Sacred 
Peace  Day  Committee  telegraphed  to  President  Wilson  urging  him  to  call 
upon  all  neutral  Powers  to  call  a  halt  in  the  war  and  hold  a  council  of  all 
Powers  in  the  Peace  Palace  at  The  Hague. 

September  28.  Sacred  Peace  Day  for  the  Nations  celebrated  in  San 
Diego  by  a  grand  pageant  and  by  public  meetings  held  in  the  Isis  Theater. 

October.  Katherine  Tingley  and  party  held  public  meetings  in  several 
cities  of  Arizona,  in  aid  of  Governor  Hunt's  efforts  for  the  abolition  of 
capital  punishment  in  that  State. 

1915  —  June  22.     Katherine  Tingley  opens  the  International  Parliament 
of  Peace  and  Universal  Brotherhood  in  the  Greek  Theater,  at  the  Inter- 
national Theosophical  Headquarters,  Point  Loma,  California. 

June  23.  Public  Meeting  of  the  Parliament  of  Peace  and  Universal 
Brotherhood  at  Isis  Theater,  San  Diego. 

June  25.  Re-dedication  by  Katherine  Tingley  of  the  Aryan  Memo- 
rial Temple  at  the  International  Theosophical  Headquarters  as  '  The  Tem- 
ple of  Peace.' 

July  6.  Katherine  Tingley  speaks  at  the  International  Congress  of 
Women  Workers  to  promote  Permanent  Peace,  at  San  Francisco. 

August  11.  The  Archaeological  Institute  of  America  on  invitation  from 
Katherine  Tingley  holds  an  adjourned  session  of  its  Annual  Meeting  (which 
began  in  San  Francisco),  in  the  Greek  Theater,  School  of  Antiquity,  Inter- 
national Theosophical  Headquarters,  Point  Loma,  California. 

October  6.     Katherine   Tingley  establishes,   in  San  Diego,   University 


46  ^CHRONOLOGY    OF  '  IMPORTANT    EVENTS 

Extension  Lectures  in  connexion  with  the  School  of  Antiquity.     These 

lectures  have  since  been  published  as  Papers  of  the  School  of  Antiquity. 

October  11.     Theosophical  Defense  League  formed  by  Katherine  Tingley. 

1916  —  January  24.     Special  performance  of  As  You  Like  It  by  students 
of  the  Raja- Yoga  College  under  direction  of  Katherine  Tingley  at  the 
I  sis  Theater,  San  Diego,  in  aid  of  Flood  Sufferers. 

February  13.  Special  performance  of  Twelfth  Night  by  students  of  the 
Raj  a- Yoga  College  under  direction  of  Katherine  Tingley  at  her  I  sis  Theater, 
San  Diego,  in  aid  of  Jewish  Relief  Fund. 

June  17.  Katherine  Tingley  visits  New  York  to  force  retraction  by  the 
New  York  World  of  certain  libelous  statements  embodied  in  an  article 
previously  published  by  it,  such  statements  being  in  the  main  taken  from 
previous  newspaper  publications  and  repeated  at  intervals  for  several  years 
past. 

July  9.  Retraction  published  by  the  New  York  World  under  the  head- 
ing 'The  Truth  About  Katherine  Tingley;  a  Statement  of  Facts  Published 
in  justice  to  the  Universal  Brotherhood  and  Theosophical  Society,  and  of 
its  Leader  and  Official  Head.'  Similar  retractions  were  also  afterwards 
published  by  the  Oakland  Tribune  (Oakland,  Calif.),  and  the  Salt  Lake 
Telegram  (Salt  Lake  City,  Utah). 

1917  —  March  26.     Katherine  Tingley  visits  Sacramento  to  appeal  to 
the  Legislature  Committee  against  the  passage  of  the  Prendergast  Bill 
which  provided  for  the  use  of  unclaimed  animals  for  vivisection.    The  Bill 
was  vetoed  by  Governor  Wm.  D.  Stephens. 

June  13.  Katherine  Tingley  opens  large  hall  in  her  Isis  Theater  Build- 
ing, San  Diego,  as  a  Recreation  Center  for  Soldiers  and  Sailors,  afterwards 
acquiring  one  of  the  Exposition  buildings  in  Balboa  Park,  San  Diego,  for 
the  same  purpose,  and  also  giving  entertainments  at  Fort  Rosecrans, 
Point  Loma,  and  entertaining  a  large  number  of  soldiers  and  sailors  every 
Sunday  at  the  International  Theosophical  Headquarters,  many  times 
giving  special  programs  for  the  enlisted  men  in  the  Greek  Theater,  Inter- 
national Theosophical  Headquarters,  Point  Loma,  and  in  her  Isis  Theater 
in  San  Diego. 

1919  —  March  24.  Publicity  Department  for  Theosophy  established 
by  Katherine  Tingley  for  special  propaganda  work. 

April  25.  Katherine  Tingley,  accompanied  by  twelve  Raja- Yoga  stu- 
dents, starts  on  a  iecture-tour,  lecturing  in  New  York,  Boston,  Washington, 
Chicago,  Minneapolis  and  other  cities. 

September  14.  Katherine  Tingley  again  starts  on  a  lecture-tour, 
speaking  in  several  cities  of  the  eastern  states. 

December.  Katherine  Tingley  acquires  possession  of  her  childhood  home, 
Laurel  Crest,  Newburyport,  Mass.,  on  the  banks  of  the  Merrimac  River, 
immortalized  by  the  poet,  John  Greenleaf  Whittier. 

December  23.  Founding  and  Incorporation  of  the  Theosophical  Uni- 
versity, at  the  International  Theosophical  Headquarters,  Point  Loma. 


Established  for  the  benefit  oj  the  people  of  the  earth  and  all  creatures 
The  Universal    Brotherhood    and  Theosophical    Society 

OBJECTS 

This  BROTHERHOOD  is  part  of  a  great  and  universal  movement 
which  has  been  active  in  all  ages. 

This  Organization  declares  that  Brotherhood  is  a  fact.  Its  principal 
purpose  is  to  teach  Brotherhood,  demonstrate  that  it  is  a  fact  in  nature 
and  make  it  a  living  power  in  the  life  of  humanity. 

Its  subsidiary  purpose  is  to  study  ancient  and  modern  religions,  science, 
philosophy  and  art;  to  investigate  the  laws  of  nature  and  the  divine  powers 

in  man. 

*  *  * 

THE  UNIVERSAL  BROTHERHOOD  AND  THEOSOPHICAL  SOCIETY,  founded 
by  H.  P.  Blavatsky  at  New  York,  1875,  continued  after  her  death  under 
the  leadership  of  the  co-founder  William  Q.  Judge,  and  now  under  the 
leadership  of  their  successor,  Katherine  Tingley,  has  its  Headquarters  at 
the  International  Theosophical  Center,  Point  Loma,  California. 

This  Organization  is  not  in  any  way  connected  with  nor  does  it  endorse 
any  other  societies  using  the  name  of  Theosophy. 

THE  UNIVERSAL  BROTHERHOOD  AND  THEOSOPHICAL  SOCIETY  welcomes 
to  membership  all  who  truly  love  their  fellow-men  and  desire  the  eradication 
of  the  evils  caused  by  the  barriers  of  race,  creed,  caste  or  color,  which  have 
so  long  impeded  human  progress.  To  all  sincere  lovers  of  truth,  and  to  all 
who  aspire  to  higher  and  better  things  than  the  mere  pleasures  and  interests 
of  a  worldly  life,  and  are  prepared  to  do  all  in  their  power  to  make  Brother- 
hood a  living  energy  in  the  life  of  humanity,  its  various  departments  offer 
unlimited  opportunities. 

The  whole  work  of  the  Organization  is  under  the  direction  of  the  Leader 
and  Official  Head,  Katherine  Tingley,  as  outlined  in  the  Constitution. 

Do  not  fail   to  profit   by  the  following: 

It  is  a  regrettable  fact  that  many  people  use  the  name  of  Theosophy 
and  of  our  Organization  for  self-interest,  as  also  that  of  H.  P.  Blavatsky, 
the  Foundress,  to  attract  attention  to  themselves  and  to  gain  public  support. 
This  they  do  in  private  and  public  speech  and  in  publications,  also  by 
lecturing  throughout  the  country.  Without  being  in  any  way  connected 
with  the  UNIVERSAL  BROTHERHOOD  AND  THEOSOPHICAL  SOCIETY,  in  many 
cases  they  permit  it  to  be  inferred  that  they  are,  thus  misleading  the  public, 
and  many  honest  inquirers  are  hence  led  away  from  the  truths  of  Theosophy 
as  presented  by  H.  P.  Blavatsky  and  her  successors,  William  Q.  Judge  and 
Katherine  Tingley,  and  practically  exemplified  in  their  Theosophical  work 
for  the  uplifting  of  humanity. 


The  International  Brotherhood  League 

Founded  in  1897  by  Katherine  Tingley 
ITS  OBJECTS  ARE: 

1.  To  help  men  and  women  to  realize  the  nobility  of  their  calling 
and  their  true  position  in  life. 

2.  To  educate  children  of  all  nations  on  the  broadest  lines  of  Universal 
Brotherhood,  and  to  prepare  destitute  and  homeless  children  to  become 
workers  for  humanity. 

3.  To  ameliorate  the  condition  of  unfortunate  women,  and  assist  them 
to  a  higher  life. 

4.  To  assist  those  who  are,  or  have  been,  in  prisons  to  establish  them- 
selves in  honorable  positions  in  life. 

5.  To  abolish  capital  punishment. 

6.  To  bring  about  a  better  understanding  between  so-called  savage 
and  civilized  races,  by  promoting  a  closer  and  more  sympathetic  relationship 
between  them. 

7.  To  relieve  human  suffering  resulting  from  flood,  famine,  war,  and 
other  calamities;  and,  generally,  to  extend  aid,  help,  and  comfort  to  suffering 
humanity  throughout  the  world. 

For  further  information  regarding  the  above  Notices,  address 

KATHERINE   TINGLEY 

INTERNATIONAL  THEOSOPHICAL  HEADQUARTERS 

POINT  LOMA,  CALIFORNIA 


Standard  Theosophical  Literature 

THE  SECRET  DOCTRINE:  The  Synthesis  of  Science,  Religion,  and 
Philosophy:  by  H.  P.  Blavatsky.  Second  Point  Loma 
Edition,  1917  (per  set:  4  vols.)  $12.00 

Isis  UNVEILED:  A  Master-Key  to  the  Mysteries  of  Ancient  and  Mod- 
ern Science  and  Theology,  by  H.  P.  Blavatsky  (per  set:  4  vols.)  12.00 

THE  KEY  TO  THEOSOPHY:  A  Clear  Exposition,  in  the  Form  of 
Question  and  Ansiver,  of  the  Ethics,  Science,  and  Philosophy,  for 
the  Study  of  which  The  Universal  Brotherhood  and  Theosophical 
Society  has  been  founded,  with  a  copious  Glossary  of  General 
Theosophical  Terms,  by  H.  P.  Blavatsky  (per  copy)  2.25 

BHAGAVAD-GITA  :  The  Book  of  Devotion.    A  Dialog  between  Krishna, 

Lord  of  Devotion  and  Arjuna,  Prince  of  India.  1.00 

THE  VOICE  OF  THE  SILENCE,  and  other  fragments  from  the  Book  of 

the  Golden  Precepts.    Dedicated  to  the  Few.    By  H.  P.  Blavatsky  .  75 

ECHOES  FROM  THE  ORIENT:  A  Broad  Outline  of  Theosophical        cloth       .50 
Doctrines,  by  W.  Q.  Judge  paper       .25 

A  NOSEGAY  OF  EVERLASTINGS:  from  Kalherine  Tingley's  cloth       .75 

Garden  of  Helpful  Thoughts.  paper       .50 

THEOSOPHICAL   PAMPHLETS:    per  copy,  each,   .15c. 

An  Epitome  of  Theosophy,  by  William  Q.  Judge 

The  Mystical  Christ,  by  Katherine  Tingley 

Katherine  Tingley  and  her  Raja-Yoga  System  of  Education, 

by  Lilian   Whiting 

Katherine  Tingley:    Theosophist  and  Humanitarian,  by  Lilian  Whiting 
Some  of  the  Errors  of  Christian  Science,  by  H.  P.  Blavatsky  and  W.  Q.  Judge 
The  Evils  of  Hypnotism,  by  Lydia  Ross,  M.  D. 
Incidents  in  the  History  of  the  Theosophical  Movement,  by  J.  H.  Fussell  .  25 

THEOSOPHICAL    MANUALS 
HANDBOOKS  FOR  STUDENTS 

Paper   .25;  cloth   .35.    Per  set  (19  vols.),  paper  $4. 00;  cloth  $5. 50 

1.  Elementary  Theosophy  12.  The  Angel  and  the  Demon 

2.  The  Seven  Principles  of  Man  (2  vols.,  35c.  each) 

3.  Karma  13.  The  Flame  and  the  Clay 

4.  Reincarnation  14.  On  God  and  Prayer 

5.  Man  after  Death        -  15.  Theosophy:    The  Mother  of 

6.  Kama-loka  and  Devachan  Religions 

7.  Teachers  and  Their  Disciples  16.  From   Crypt    to   Pronaos:     An 

8.  The  Doctrine  of  Cycles  Essay  on  the  Rise  and  Fall 

9.  Psychism,  Ghostology,  and  of  Dogma 

the  Astral  Plane  17.  Earth:     Its   Parentage,    its 

10.  The  Astral  Light  Rounds  and  its  Races 

11.  Psychometry,  Clairvoyance,  and     18.  Sons  of  the  Fire-Mist:   A  Study 

Thought -Transference  of  Man 


THE   PATH   SERIES 
SPECIALLY  ADAPTED  FOR  INQUIRERS  IN  THEOSOPHY:  Per  copy     .  05 

1.  The  Purpose  of  the  Universal  Brotherhood  and  Theosophical  Society 

2.  Theosophy  Generally  Stated,  by  W.  Q.  Judge 

3.  Mislaid  Mysteries,  by  Herbert  Coryn,  M.  D. 

4.  Theosophy  and  its  Counterfeits 

5.  Some  Perverted  Presentations  of  Theosophy,  by  H.  T.  Edge,  M.  A. 

6.  What  is  Theosophy?  by  H.  T.  Edge,  M.  A. 

MAGAZINES 

THE  THEOSOPHICAL  PATH  (illustrated,  monthly]    Edited  by  Katherine  Tingley 

per  copy,  domestic   .30,  foreign   .35  or  Is  6d. 
(per  year  $3.00:    Canadian  postage,   .35;    Foreign   .50) 
RAJA- YOGA  MESSENGER,  An  Illustrated  Magazine  Devoted  to  the  Higher 
Education  of  Youth  (bi-monthly} 
Subscription  (6  issues)  $1.00:  Canadian  postage  lOc.  extra;  Foreign  20 

PAPERS  OF  THE  SCHOOL  OF  ANTIQUITY:    per  copy,  20  cents 

1.  The  Spirit  of  the  Hour  in  Archaeology:  by  William  E.  Gates,  Professor  of 

American  Archaeology  and  Linguistics,  School  of  Antiquity. 

2.  The  Relation  of  Religion  to  Art  in  Antiquity  and  the  Middle  Ages: 

by  Osvald  Siren,  Professor  of  the  History  of  Art,  University  of  Stockholm. 

3.  Notes  on  Peruvian  Antiquities  (illustrated):  by  Fred.  J.  Dick,  M.  Inst.  C.  E. 

Professor  of  Astronomy  and  Mathematics,  School  of  Antiquity. 

5.  Early  Chinese  Painting  (illustrated):   by  William  E.  Gates. 

6.  Medical  Psychology:    by  Lydia  Ross,  M.  D. 

7.  Ancient  Astronomy  in  Egypt  and  its  Significance  (ill.):  by  Fred.  J.  Dick. 

8.  Studies  in  Evolution:  by  H.  T.  Edge,  M.  A.  Natural  Sciences  Tripos,  Cam- 

bridge University;  Professor  of  Education  in  the  School  of  Antiquity. 

9.  The  School  of  Antiquity:    Its  Meaning,  Purpose,  and  Scope:    by  J.  H. 

Fussell,  Secretary,  Universal  Brotherhood  and  Theosophical  Society. 

10.  Problems  in  Ethnology:   by  J.  0.  Kinnaman,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  Member  of 

The  Victoria  Institute  of  Great  Britain.    Notes  by  J.  H.  Fussell. 

11.  Neglected  Fundamentals  in  Geometry:   by  Fred.  J.  Dick. 

12.  Maya  Chronology  (illustrated):    by  Fred.  J.  Dick. 

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